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Mitch McConnell reveals fall led to hospitalization after weeks of silence
Senator says in statement he has undergone battery of tests after weeks of mounting speculation about his health
The US senator Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about the Kentucky Republican’s condition after weeks of mounting speculation about his health.
McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he has undergone a battery of tests as doctors try to determine what led to his fall. He explained the long silence about his condition by saying that “folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older”.
Sen. Mitch McConnell releases health update after hospitalization
A long-awaited response from Sen. Mitch McConnell has been released about his June 14 hospitalization.
In a press release, the Kentucky Senator shared what his doctors have confirmed about his condition, and that he was hesitant to share the news. He reports that a fall was the cause of the hospitalization.
The statement comes after Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear requested an official update from Sen. McConnell himself regarding his health after weeks of silence.
"Surviving childhood polio meant spending my entire life with mobility challenges. They haven’t exactly gotten easier to manage with age. And last month, I took a fall which landed me in the hospital," the statement reads.
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US Senator Mitch McConnell says absence due to fall and pneumonia
US Senator Mitch McConnell says he will not be returning to the Senate "quite yet" after suffering from a fall and "a mild case of pneumonia".
It is the first statement from the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican after weeks of speculation about his health, following his admission to hospital in mid-June.
A photo was released by his office, in addition to the statement, which shows McConnell with his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, holding what appeared to be Sunday's Washington Post newspaper.
He said he was "briefly unconscious" after his fall and taken to hospital, where he had "submitted to every test they can think of to help figure out what caused this incident".
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