Former President Bill Clinton was discharged from the hospital Tuesday due to the flu, a spokesperson said.
He was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington on Monday with a fever.
Angel Ureña said: “President Clinton was treated for the flu and was discharged from the hospital earlier today. He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and we wish him well I am touched by the kind messages and blessings I have received.” President Clinton’s acting chief of staff said in a statement.
“He sends his heartfelt wishes to everyone for a happy and healthy holiday season.”
Ureña said at the time that the 78-year-old was admitted to hospital on Monday afternoon for “tests and observation,” adding: “He remains in good spirits and is deeply grateful for the excellent care he is receiving.” .
Clinton, a Democrat who served two terms as president from January 1993 to January 2001, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer and announced her unsuccessful bid for Democratic vice president ahead of the November election. Campaigned for Kamala Harris’ candidacy for the White House.
In the years since Mr. Clinton left the White House, he has faced several health concerns.
In 2004, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery because of persistent chest pain and shortness of breath. Clinton returned to the hospital in 2005 for surgery on a partially collapsed lung, and in 2010 had a pair of stents implanted in her coronary arteries.
Mr. Clinton embraced a primarily vegan diet and reported losing weight and improving his health.
In 2021, while the pandemic was still at its height, the former president was hospitalized in California for six days while being treated for an infection unrelated to COVID-19.
An aide to the former president said at the time that Mr. Clinton had a urinary infection that had spread to his bloodstream, but that he was recovering and did not go into potentially life-threatening septic shock. . The aide said Mr. Clinton was in the hospital’s intensive care unit at the time, but was not receiving ICU treatment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Former President Bill Clinton recently walked into a McDonald’s and was momentarily mistaken for another president.
