Former US President Bill Clinton has been discharged from hospital and will be home for Christmas after he was admitted the day before with a fever.
The 78-year-old Democrat was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington on Monday afternoon for testing and observation. Mr Clinton has been treated for the flu, Angel Urena, his deputy chief of staff, said in a statement about his release.
“He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages and well wishes he received,” Mr Urena said. “He sends his warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season to all.”
As reported by the Mirror, the Democrat was previously hospitalised in 2021 after he developed an infection that reached his blood. He was released following six days of care.
Clinton had a quadruple bypass operation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in 2004 and returned to the same hospital for another heart procedure.
Mr Clinton served two terms as president from January 1993 until January 2001. He addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer, and campaigned in the autumn for Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the election to Donald Trump in November.
Mr Clinton recently published his latest book, Citizen, a memoir about his life after the White House and the role of philanthropy in it.
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