McConnell Delays Senate Return After June 14 Fall and Pneumonia at 84
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Updated · BBC.com · Jul 12
McConnell Delays Senate Return After June 14 Fall and Pneumonia at 84
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jul 12
Summary
McConnell said Sunday he will not return to the Senate floor to vote yet, ending weeks of silence about the health issue that has kept him away since mid-June.
The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican said a June 14 fall left him briefly unconscious and hospitalized, and that he also developed a mild case of pneumonia during treatment.
Doctors found no broken bones, concussion, heart attack, stroke, tumors or hemorrhages, and McConnell said he has since been moved from hospital care to a rehabilitation center.
His office released a photo of McConnell with his wife and a Sunday Washington Post after pressure mounted for proof of his condition as his hospital stay neared one month.
McConnell linked the setback to long-running mobility challenges from childhood polio, underscoring renewed scrutiny of the health of aging U.S. senators.