Jimmy Carter hospitalized for procedure to relieve brain pressure
He was hospitalized for treatment after suffering a fractured pelvis due to a fall in October.
Former US president Jimmy Carter was hospitalized on Monday for a procedure to relieve brain pressure after recent falls, The Carter Center said.
The 95-year-old "was admitted to Emory University Hospital this evening for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to his recent falls," The Carter Center said in a statement, adding that the procedure would take place on Tuesday morning.
"President Carter is resting comfortably, and his wife, Rosalynn, is with him," it said.
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He was hospitalized for treatment after suffering a fractured pelvis due to a fall in October.
President from 1977 to 1981, Carter also injured his head in a fall earlier in the month, but turned up the next day to volunteer at a Habitat for Humanity site with a black eye and a bandage covering 14 stitches.
PRESIDENT CARTER ADMITTED TO EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to Emory University Hospital this evening for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to his recent falls. https://t.co/aZPes6NufN
— The Carter Center (@CarterCenter) November 12, 2019