Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent “successful” hip surgery on Saturday (14) and is “well recovered”, according to a spokesperson. She was hospitalized on Friday (13) due to an injury suffered during an official engagement in Luxembourg.
Pelosi was admitted to a hospital in the country after a fall on the stairs, three sources told CNN . Pelosi’s office declined to comment on how the California congresswoman was injured.
Pelosi, 84, is receiving “excellent care” from doctors and medical professionals, Ian Krager, the spokesman, said in a statement.
The United States military has transferred the former mayor of Luxembourg to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, according to a defense official. The medical center is a large military hospital that, for years, treated American troops injured in combat.
“While traveling with a bipartisan congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Ardennes, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suffered an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation,” Krager said Friday. fair (13).
Pelosi is “currently receiving excellent care from doctors and medical professionals. She continues to work and regrets that she will not be able to attend the remainder of her engagements to honor the courage of our military during one of the greatest acts of American heroism in our nation’s history,” Krager said, adding that Pelosi “looks forward to returning home to the United States shortly”.
The injury suffered by Pelosi came just days after Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell tripped and fell in the U.S. Capitol, spraining his wrist and cutting his face.
McConnell suffered a “minor cut to his face” and was “cleared to resume his agenda,” a spokesperson for the 82-year-old Kentucky Republican said in a statement Tuesday.
This story and headline have been updated with additional information.
Natasha Bertrand and Manu Raju, from CNN contributed to this report.
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