Doctors rule out concussion, stroke, broken bones, senator says
Sen. Mitch McConnell disclosed Sunday that a fall last month led to his hospitalization, his first detailed statement since he was admitted weeks ago. The Kentucky Republican said he was briefly unconscious when first taken to the hospital and has since been treated for mild pneumonia.
“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion,” McConnell said in the statement. “I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages.”
McConnell said he is now at a rehabilitation facility regaining his strength. He said he will not return to the Senate “quite yet.”
The disclosure ended weeks of mounting speculation about his condition. MSI previously reported that McConnell’s office had provided only limited information about his condition since his hospitalization.