Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in Washington after developing a fever, a senior aide told NBC News on Monday.
Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Angel Ureña, said the 78-year-old was “admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital for testing and observation after developing a fever.”
“He is doing well and is grateful for the care he is receiving,” Ureña said.
A source close to 42nd President Clinton said the situation was “not an emergency.”
A source said, “The former president will be fine.” “He had a fever and asked to be checked. He is awake and alert.”
Clinton has faced numerous health scares since leaving office in 2001.
He underwent quadruple bypass surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in 2004 and returned to the same hospital in 2010 for another heart surgery, where two stents were inserted in his coronary arteries.
He was also hospitalized in California in 2021 for six days with a urinary infection that spread to his bloodstream.
Clinton campaigned vigorously for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris this year and recently published a memoir about her post-presidential life.
Clinton has spoken at every Democratic National Convention since 1976, including this August.
“I say this from the bottom of my heart,” he said in his speech. “I don’t know how many more times I can go.”
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