Nancy Pelosi Hospitalized Overseas After Apparent Hip Fracture | EUROtoday

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reportedly fractured her hip whereas touring in Luxembourg and is at present within the hospital.

Pelosi’s workplace stated solely that she “sustained an injury” whereas on a bipartisan delegation to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, a pivotal World War II battle. But The New York Times has reported that Pelosi fractured her hip, a severe and probably harmful harm for older adults.

“While traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation,” Pelosi spokesman Ian Krager stated in a Friday assertion.

“Speaker Emerita Pelosi is currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals,” stated Krager. “She continues to work and regrets that she is unable to attend the remainder of the CODEL engagements to honor the courage of our servicemembers during one of the greatest acts of American heroism in our nation’s history.”

The Times reported that Pelosi tripped whereas strolling down marble stairs on the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg City and “took a hard fall.”

The Times additionally spoke to 2 folks near Pelosi who anonymously confirmed that she had fractured her hip. Those folks stated that Pelosi’s docs consider the harm might be mounted with surgical procedure, although it’s not clear whether or not that can happen in Luxembourg or the United States.

Pelosi, who’s 84 and has represented San Francisco within the House since 1987, stepped down as Democratic chief after the 2022 midterm elections ― a departure that was introduced earlier than it was clear her get together would lose management of the House. She has held her seat in Congress, nevertheless, protecting an lively schedule that included a profitable, behind-the-scenes position in pushing President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race.

The well being dangers going through growing old members of Congress have develop into an even bigger situation lately because the variety of House members and senators of their 80s and 90s has grown.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), 82, who has had a lot of public well being scares, fell on Tuesday following a Senate luncheon. The fall left him with a lower on his face and a sprained wrist.

McConnell, whose seventh time period ends in 2026, introduced he would step down as Republican Senate chief in February. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) will succeed him when Republicans assume majority management in January.