Huge Bill Clinton health update after ex-US President taken to hospital at Christmas

Former US president Bill Clinton is now on the road to recovery after a health scare landed him in hospital with a severe fever earlier this week. The political heavyweight was whisked off to Georgetown University Medical Center on Monday afternoon for tests and observation following the onset of a fever, as his ex-deputy chief of staff, Angel Ureña, broke the concerning news across social media platforms.

An anonymous insider informed NBC News at the time that the situation was “not urgent” and that Clinton was recuperating in the Washington D. C. hospital, adding: “The former president will be fine. He developed a fever and wanted to be checked out. He is awake and alert.”

In a turn for the better, it seems their prognosis was spot on, with Clinton being released from hospital just in time to enjoy the festive season at home.

Former US President Bill Clinton has now been released from hospital
Former US President Bill Clinton has now been released from hospital 
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Ureña once again took to the digital sphere to spread the positive update, stating: “President Clinton was discharged earlier today after being treated for the flu,” and expressing gratitude for the top-notch care received at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, as well as the outpouring of supportive messages and well wishes. He conveyed Clinton’s heartfelt wishes for a merry and healthy holiday period to everyone.

The 78 year old, a veteran political heavyweight who threw his weight behind Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency last November, has weathered a spate of health issues since his tenure. He’s had quite the medical journey with a quadruple bypass in 2004 following persistent chest pains and breathlessness, a battle with a partially collapsed lung in 2005, and even had two stents fitted into a coronary artery in 2010.

The veteran US politician served two terms between 1993 and 2001
The veteran US politician served two terms between 1993 and 2001 
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Most recently, Clinton raised eyebrows with his frail appearance and feeble tone at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer, leaving pundits to remark that “his voice [has] weakened” and he “does not sound good”. Post-presidency, the ex-POTUS has turned to veganism, shedding pounds and reportedly feeling better for it.

In 2021, he was back in the hospital—this time in California for an infection, though it was said to be unrelated to COVID-19. An insider to the 42nd President explained that while he faced a urological infection that swept through his bloodstream, he avoided septic shock and didn’t need intensive care.

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