Mitch McConnell has returned home after completing physical therapy for a concussion

McConnell returns home after treatment for a concussion


Mitch McConnell returns home after treatment for concussion

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell returned home Saturday after being released from a rehabilitation facility where he was receiving treatment for a concussion. during the fall earlier this month.

In a statement, the 81-year-old McConnell said he has “finished inpatient physical therapy” and will spend the “next few days” working from home on the advice of his physical therapists.

“I look forward to returning personally to the Senate soon,” McConnell said.

On March 8, the Republican Kentucky senator tripped and fell while attending a private dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in Washington, D.C. He was subsequently hospitalized for several days with a concussion.

On March 13, he said laid off From hospital to inpatient rehabilitation facility.

Senator John Thune of South Dakota He said Tuesday that McConnell was “eager to return” to his Capitol job.

Two other senators remain absent while they receive medical treatment. Senator John Fetterman was from Pennsylvania receive treatment for clinical depression at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center since mid-February, while Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California Recovering from shingles.

Caitlin Yelick and Jack Turman contributed to this report.


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