Manhattan, NY – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital Sunday after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month.
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Clinton’s doctors discovered the clot Sunday while performing a follow-up exam, her spokesman, Philippe Reines, said. He would not elaborate on the location of the clot but said Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants and would remain at New York-Presbyterian Hospital for at least the next 48 hours so doctors can monitor the medication.
“Her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion,” Reines said in a statement. “They will determine if any further action is required.”
Clinton, 65, fell and suffered a concussion while at home alone in mid-December as she recovered from a stomach virus that left her severely dehydrated. The concussion was diagnosed Dec. 13 and Clinton was forced to cancel a trip to North Africa and the Middle East that had been planned for the next week.
Clinton was also forced to cancel Dec. 20 testimony before Congress about a scathing report into the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. The report found that serious failures of leadership and management in two State Department bureaus were to blame for insufficient security at the facility. Clinton took responsibility for the incident before the report was released, but she was not blamed.
Some conservative commentators suggested Clinton was faking the seriousness of her illness and concussion to avoid testifying, although State Department officials vehemently denied that was the case.
Lawmakers at the hearings — including Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Clinton — offered her their best wishes.
The former first lady and senator, who had always planned to step down as America’s top diplomat in January, is known for her grueling travel schedule. She is the most traveled secretary of state in history, having visited 112 countries while in the job.
Revenge of the ghost of Vincent Foster!!!
Just wondering remember all the people who died in a wiered way during the clinton presidency is it pay back time?
she is probably anticipating a congressional subponea demanding she testify about the Bengazi fiasco. When she “recovers” and they subponea her again, she will discover some other machlah
Everyone should say tehillim for a refuah shelamah for our Secretary of State. She has been a dedicated public servant and deserves our best wishes.
Anyone with the name for tehilim?
Hillary bas….
I think this condition may impair her abilities to function as Commander in Chief.
I am waiting for Fox news to tell us its fake and that she should be on the stand testifying every moment of her day. Thanks Fox.
Don’t forget, # 5, that Hillary’s mother married a Jew. If the Benghazi investigation continues, Hillary might get a heart-attack, terminal cancer,and an anneurism. However, She’s a Clinton and she will miraculeously recover!!!
She should have a refuah shlaima. Now is not the time for ugly comments.
I cannot understand why they didn’t bring her to Maimonides Medical Center which they say us the “best” hospital in the nation.Why are people so narrow minded and go to Presbyterian or Cornell or Mt Sinai.
To #9 -“Insider” Correction- It was Hillary’s daughter, Chelsea, who married a Jew, and not her Mother. Incidentally, the vicious and derogatory comments directed against the Secretary of State, by a number of commentators, are disgusting; you should all be ashamed of yourselves, for your reprehensible comments!!
What a snow job. Very convenient out of commission
She was a decent Senator. She was sensitive to the needs of her Jewish constituents. She worked hard as Secretary of State and now that she’s injured some of you behaimas can to nothing but curse her? Do you think Sharon’s blood clot is fake too? Shoitehs.