Bill Clinton heads home after spending six days in a California hospital

October 18, 2021

IN THE NEWS: An LA Times article shows former President Bill Clinton leaving an Orange County hospital Sunday morning, six days after he was admitted and treated for a urological and blood infection.

According to the article, while visiting longtime friends in Orange County, the former president felt fatigued and was admitted to the intensive care unit at UC Irvine Medical Center.

"His fever and white blood cell count are normalized and he will return home to New York to finish his course of antibiotics," said Dr. Alpesh N. Amin, who lead the team of doctors who treated Clinton, in a statement posted by a Clinton spokesman. "On behalf of everyone at UC Irvine Medical Center, we were honored to have treated him and will continue to monitor his progress."

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