Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is in a California hospital for what his spokesman says is a “non-Covid-related infection.”
Posted Oct 15, 2021, 06:02AM EDT
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is in a California hospital for what his spokesman says is a “non-Covid-related infection.”
The 75-year-old was admitted back on Tuesday, according to spokesperson Angel Urena.
“He is on the mend, in good spirits,” read the brief statement.
A second statement from Clinton’s spokesman quoted physicians Dr. Alpesh Amin and Dr. Lisa Bardack, who said the former president has been “administered IV antibiotics and fluids.”
In the years since Clinton left the White House in 2001, the former president has faced health scares. In 2004, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery after experiencing prolonged chest pains and shortness of breath. He returned to the hospital for surgery for a partially collapsed lung in 2005, and in 2010 had a pair of stents implanted in a coronary artery.
He responded by embracing a largely vegan diet that saw him lose weight and report improved health.
He repeatedly returned to the stump, campaigning for Democratic candidates, mostly notably his wife, Hillary, during her failed 2008 bid for the presidential nomination. And in 2016, as his wife sought the White House as the Democratic nominee, Clinton _ by then a grandfather and nearing 70 _ returned to the campaign trail.
The UCI Medical Center is in Orange County, about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Los Angeles. It wasn’t immediately clear why Clinton was in Southern California.
