Nancy Pelosi has hip substitute surgical procedure after hospitalization in Europe

Former Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent a profitable hip substitute after being hospitalized throughout a visit to Luxembourg, her workplace mentioned Saturday. 

“Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a profitable hip substitute and is effectively on the mend,” spokesperson Ian Krager mentioned in a press release. 

The operation was performed at Landstuhl Regional Medical Heart at Landstuhl Military Base in Germany, her workplace mentioned. The Protection Division supplied medevac assist to move Pelosi there from Luxembourg. 

The spokesperson added,  “Speaker Pelosi is grateful to U.S. army workers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Heart at Landstuhl Military Base and medical workers at Hospital Kirchberg in Luxembourg for his or her wonderful care and kindness.”

Pelosi was in Luxembourg as a part of a congressional delegation to mark the eightieth anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, CBS Information beforehand reported. Pelosi “sustained an harm throughout an official engagement.” She was admitted to Kirchberg Hospital within the northeast of Luxembourg Metropolis hospital for analysis. 

Sources accustomed to the matter instructed CBS Information that Pelosi injured her left leg in a fall. Krager declined to specify the character or severity of the harm on the time. 

Pelosi, 84, served as Democratic chief within the Home for 20 years, together with two stints as speaker, earlier than stepping apart two years in the past. She received one other time period to signify her San Francisco district in Congress in November, and stays an influential social gathering determine, with the title of speaker emerita.