Hillary Clinton Out Of Hospital

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Hillary Clinton out of hospital

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been released from a New York hospital and is expected to make a full recovery from a rare blood clot in her head, a top aide says.

"Secretary Clinton was discharged from the hospital this evening," Deputy Assistant Secretary Philippe Reines said in a statement late on Wednesday, three days after the 65-year-old diplomat was admitted for treatment.

"Her medical team advised her that she is making good progress on all fronts, and they are confident she will make a full recovery," he said, adding that Clinton was "eager to get back to the office".

Earlier the top US diplomat, bundled up against the cold in a winter coat and wearing dark glasses, appeared in public for the first time in almost a month, when she came out of a building at the New York Presbyterian Hospital.

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It was the first time Clinton had been seen since catching a stomach virus on returning from a trip to Europe on December 7, which triggered a series of health scares and forced her to cancel a planned visit to North Africa.

Accompanied by her smiling husband, former president Bill Clinton, as well as her daughter Chelsea and several aides, Clinton walked unaided to a waiting black van at the hospital, according to images broadcast by CNN.

Both Clinton and her family "would like to express their appreciation for the excellent care she received from the doctors, nurses and staff at New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center", Reines added.

He did not say when the secretary would return to work though, promising only to issue an update in the coming days. She is due to step down after four years in office later this month, handing the baton to Senator John Kerry, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to replace her.

"Grateful my Mom discharged from the hospital & is heading home. Even more grateful her medical team confident she'll make a full recovery," Chelsea Clinton said in a tweet.

Earlier, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Clinton had been busy keeping in touch by telephone.

"She has been talking to her staff, including today. She's been quite active on the phone with all of us," Nuland told journalists.

The globe-trotting diplomat was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after a routine scan revealed the clot in a vein behind her right ear in the space between her skull and her brain.

Her doctors Lisa Bardack, from the Mount Kisco Medical Group, and Gigi El-Bayoumi, of George Washington University, said in a statement on Monday that Clinton had not suffered a stroke or any neurological damage.

They said however they would be treating Clinton with blood thinners to break up the clot, which if left untreated could be potentially dangerous.

Clinton still has some unfinished business as she wraps up her popular tenure at the State Department, and is widely expected to testify before the end of the month on the September 11 attack on a diplomatic mission in Libya.

She had been due to appear at hearings last month, after a State Department inquiry found security at the Benghazi mission was "grossly inadequate", but was forced to cancel after she fell ill. Four Americans died in the attack.

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2013-01-03

[Jingthing]

Good news. She is well loved by the majority of Americans and well hated by a minority. If she is going to run for president in 2016, her age and now her health (now two blood clot incidents) will be a legitimate issue and there will be legitimate demands for her to be open about her health history and prospects. Of course if she ends up running against the likes of Chris Christie, such concerns will be well neutralized!

Edited January 3, 2013 by Jingthing

[koheesti]

As a right winger, I don't know of any that speak ill of Hillary nowadays. Of course, up until he was nominated the Republican candidate for President in 2008, John McCain was the left's darling, then he was immediately attacked with a nasty, untrue rumor of an affair after becoming the candidate. Soooooo, while Hillary currently enjoys a high approval rate among conservatives (compared to the current leader, she's simply amazing) once she is a candidate, all bets are most likely off. In any case, her health will be a major issue in 2016. mostly from challengers in her own party.

[sustento]

Gee - I thought this thread was about a woman who'd just been discharged from hospital after a possibly serious health problem. Still let's not allow empathy to get in the way of politics...

[Jingthing]

Gee - I thought this thread was about a woman who'd just been discharged from hospital after a possibly serious health problem. Still let's not allow empathy to get in the way of politics...

She's not just a woman. She'd be the first to understand that so really don't see the need for such delicacy.

[Sing_Sling]

Though I think highly of her I do not believe she will get the Dem nomination, not before the hospitalisation and certainly not now.

I find her too polarising within her own party . . . and certainly among the Repubs

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