pablohart/iStock(AMERICUS, Ga.) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized after falling at his Georgia home on Monday evening, according to a spokesperson.
The Carter Center, which the former president founded in 1982, posted a statement via Twitter on Tuesday morning, saying Carter had been “admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center for observation and treatment of a minor pelvic fracture.”
Carter, who is 95, “is in good spirits and is looking forward to recovering at home,” the center tweeted.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had a fall yesterday evening at his home in Plains, Ga. He has been admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center for observation and treatment of a minor pelvic fracture. He is in good spirits and is looking forward to recovering at home.
— The Carter Center (@CarterCenter) October 22, 2019
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