Bill Clinton hospitalized in hospital at Georgetown University Medical Center after developing high fever. Angel Ureña, the spokesperson and deputy chief of staff of the 42nd president, reported this to CNN Usa. In these hours the former number one in the White House is undergoing a series of clinical tests and is satisfied with the work carried out by the medical staff.
Bill Clinton hospitalized: his spokesperson speaks, how is he
The decision to proceed with hospitalization came after Clinton, 78 years old“he developed a high fever.” Angel Ureña said that the former president is “at the Georgetown University Medical Center for tests.”
Furthermore, the spokesperson added that “Clinton is under observation after a fever attack. He remains in good spirits and deeply appreciates the excellent cure that he is receiving.”
Bill Clinton
“He's fine” and hopes to be able to leave the hospital by now NataleUreña also announced.
The health problems of the former US president
The former occupant of the White House, after leaving office as president in 2001, had to deal with several health problems.
In 2004 he underwent quadruple surgery bypass at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and in 2010, again in the same medical center, he underwent surgery on his Heart. Then two stents were inserted into a coronary artery.
In 2021 he was hit by aurological infection which entered his bloodstream, forcing him to be hospitalized for six days in a center in California.
The presidency of the United States and the politics of the “Third Way”
Bill Clinton was president for two termsfrom 1993 to 2001. He was elected at just 46 years old, becoming the third youngest president ever.
His mandate began at the end of the Cold War. Clinton, among other things, was the first occupant of the White House of the baby boomer generation.
Described as a “New Democrat”, his political choices were part of the so-called “Third Way” (Third way) centrist, combining traditional liberal positions on the economy with progressive social policy.
A few months ago he took part in the Democratic Convention in Chicago to support the electoral campaign of Kamala Harris in view of the presidential elections in which Donald Trump triumphed.
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