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Sen. Mitch McConnell Says June 14 Fall Led to Hospitalization and Pneumonia
The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican released his first detailed statement on Sunday, confirming he was briefly unconscious after the fall and developed mild pneumonia. He is now in rehabilitation and continues Senate work remotely.
Jul 12, 7:14 PM·1m read22 sources
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Sen. Mitch McConnell said Sunday that a fall on June 14 caused his hospitalization and left him briefly unconscious. The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican underwent multiple medical tests during his stay.
Doctors ruled out broken bones, concussion, heart attack, stroke, tumors and hemorrhages. McConnell developed mild pneumonia while hospitalized and received antibiotics for the infection, his attending physician confirmed he sustained only minor injuries. He is currently in a rehabilitation center.
McConnell said he will not return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet but continues to work with his staff on Senate business. His office released a photo of him smiling with his wife Elaine Chao from the rehabilitation facility. “Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct — I can’t help it,” McConnell said in the Sunday statement, explaining that people of his generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older.
He said he has undergone a battery of tests as doctors try to determine what led to his fall.
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