Sen. Mitch McConnell, the outgoing Republican leader in the Senate, suffered a fall on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and received medical treatment.
Washington — Sen. Mitch McConnell, the outgoing Republican leader in the Senate, suffered a fall on Capitol Hill after a lunch with colleagues and suffered minor injuries, his office said Tuesday.'Leader McConnell tripped following lunch. He sustained a minor cut to the face and sprained his wrist. He has been cleared to resume his schedule,' a McConnell spokesman said.
Thune said McConnell was 'fine' and in his office, and referred further questions to McConnell's staff. Medical personnel were seen leaving McConnell's office, and a photographer said he saw a cut on McConnell's face. This isn't the first health scare that McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, has had in public. McConnell was hospitalized in March 2023 after a fall that left him with a concussion.
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