New Delhi: Former US President Bill Clinton on Thursday got admitted with a non-Covid related infection, according to the spokesman. Angel Ureena tweeted that Clinton, who is 75, was admitted to a hospital in Irvine, Southern California on Tuesday evening with a blood transfusion.
Apart from this no other details have been shared that the infection was not related to Covid. “She is in good spirits and is incredibly grateful for the excellent care provided to the doctors, nurses and staff,” Ureena said.
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The University of California Irvine Medical Center also confirmed Clinton’s admission there, but did not reveal anything else. Ureena tweeted a statement from Clinton’s doctors, saying Clinton was “admitted under close observation and given IV antibiotics and fluids.”
It added: “After two days of treatment his white blood cell count is decreasing and he is responding well to antibiotics.” Doctors said they are in constant contact with Clinton’s New York-based medical team, including her cardiologist, and “we hope she goes home soon.”
Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Earlier in 2004, at the age of 58, the former president had a quadruple bypass operation after doctors found symptoms of extensive heart disease. Soon after that episode, Clinton, who was famous for loving fatty foods, turned to a vegetarian diet.
Clinton, who had attended a private event for her foundation, felt unwell on Tuesday and was hospitalized after testing, according to her office.
As CNN reports, the former president was diagnosed with sepsis, a bloodstream infection that doctors believe began as a urinary tract infection. The report, citing doctors, said Clinton would be given intravenous antibiotics by Friday, when she would be switched to oral antibiotics. The doctors said that all his vital measurements are stable.
(with AFP input)
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