The former US president Bill Clinton, who has had numerous health problems over the years, was taken to a hospital in Washington on Monday after getting a fever, according to his office.
“President Clinton was admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center this afternoon for testing and observation after developing a fever,” the 78-year-old’s deputy chief of staff Angel Urena said on social media platform X, adding Clinton “remains in good spirits.”
In October 2021, Clinton spent five nights in the hospital after contracting a blood illness.
He had a quadruple bypass operation in 2004 at the age of 58 after medical professionals discovered evidence of severe cardiac disease. Six years later, stents were placed in his coronary artery.
He has now talked openly about his efforts to improve his lifestyle, which included becoming a vegetarian, as a result of the health scare.
When Clinton tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2022, his health was last in the news. At the time, he described his symptoms as “mild” and expressed gratitude for the vaccination and boost.
Clinton, who served two terms as president from 1993 to 2001, is the second-youngest US president still alive, behind Barack Obama, who is 63.
He was born just a few months after Donald Trump, the incoming president, and fellow former US president George W. Bush.
Despite the problems that plagued his successful tenure in government, he has had a second life in the twenty years since leaving office, pursuing a variety of diplomatic and humanitarian endeavors.
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