Nancy Pelosi operated on in US army hospital in Landstuhl | EUROtoday

US politician Nancy Pelosi underwent hip surgical procedure on the US army clinic in Landstuhl in Rhineland-Palatinate. She is on the mend, her spokesman Ian Krager mentioned. The 84-year-old Democrat is joyful in regards to the prayers and good needs.

On Friday, Karger canceled all different dates on her European journey, citing an damage at an official appointment in Luxembourg. The former speaker of the US House of Representatives was within the EU nation with a congressional delegation. Karger mentioned the Democrat seems ahead to returning to the United States quickly, however didn’t present any details about the character of the damage.

CNN and the New York Times reported that Pelosi fell closely on a marble staircase throughout the appointment. The US politician Derrick Van Orden additionally wrote a few fall in a publish on Platform X. He was close to her.

Pelosi had traveled to Europe to participate in commemorations of the Wehrmacht’s Battle of the Bulge below German dictator Adolf Hitler in World War II.

Pelosi, who was first elected to Congress in 1987, served as House Speaker twice. She resigned two years in the past however retained her seat and was re-elected in November. Even after stepping down from the highest job, she stays an influential determine within the Democratic Party.