Former President Bill Clinton Hospitalized for Fever in Washington
Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. on Monday after developing a fever, The Associated Press reports.
The 78-year-old was hospitalized in the afternoon for testing and observation, according to a statement from his deputy chief of staff, Angel Urena.
Clinton, a Democrat who served two terms as president from 1993 to 2001, recently addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer. He also actively campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris during her unsuccessful bid for the White House in November.
This hospitalization comes after several health challenges for the former president in the years since leaving office. In 2004, Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery following prolonged chest pains and shortness of breath. The following year, he returned to the hospital for surgery to address a partially collapsed lung. In 2010, he had a pair of stents implanted in a coronary artery.
Following these cardiac issues, Clinton adopted a largely vegan diet, which led to weight loss and reported improvements in his health.
More recently, in 2021, Clinton was hospitalized for six days in California while receiving treatment for an infection unrelated to COVID-19, during the height of the pandemic. An aide revealed at the time that Clinton had a urological infection that had spread to his bloodstream. While he was in an intensive care section of the hospital, he did not require intensive care and had been on the mend, avoiding septic shock.
