Mitch McConnell leaves rehab facility just after therapy for concussion

Mitch McConnell leaves rehab facility just after therapy for concussion


Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., conducts a news meeting in the U.S. Capitol after the senate luncheons on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.

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Senate Republican chief Mitch McConnell said Saturday he has been released from the rehabilitation facility where he experienced bodily remedy for a concussion prompted by a tumble before this month.

The 81-year-old Kentucky Republican reported in a assertion released by his office that he will operate from residence for the future couple times. The Senate is scheduled to be on split for the months of April 3 and April 10.

McConnell was at evening meal on March 8 following a lodge reception for a campaign committee aligned with him when he tripped and fell. In addition to the concussion, he also experienced a rib fracture.

He was produced from the medical center on March 13 and, upon the suggestions of his physician, moved to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for physical therapy and to go on his recovery.

Concussions can be critical accidents and get time for recovery. Even a single incident of concussion can limit a person’s qualities throughout that period.

“I’m going to adhere to the assistance of my bodily therapists and expend the up coming few times performing for Kentuckians and the Republican Convention from dwelling,” McConnell mentioned in the statement. “I’m in frequent touch with my Senate colleagues and my staff members. I search ahead to returning in human being to the Senate before long.”

Just about four decades ago he tripped and fell at his property in Kentucky, resulting in a shoulder fracture that expected surgical procedure. The Senate had just begun a summer recess, and he worked from residence for some months as he recovered.

In his early childhood, he experienced polio and he has acknowledged some difficulty as an grownup in climbing stairs.

McConnell was initially elected in 1984. In January, he grew to become the longest-serving Senate leader when the new Congress convened, breaking the earlier history of 16 years.



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