Former U.S. president Bill Clinton hospitalized with infection – National | Globalnews.ca

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has spent the past two days in hospital due to an infection, his spokesperson said Thursday.

Clinton, 75, was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center for a “non-COVID-related infection” Tuesday evening, according to a statement from his spokesperson Angel Ureña.

“He is on the mend, in good spirits, and is incredibly thankful to the doctors, nurses and staff providing him with excellent care,” Ureña said.

A statement from Clinton’s physicians, provided by Ureña, said he was administered IV antibiotics and fluids. His white blood cell count is trending down after two days of treatment, they added, saying he responded well to the antibiotics.

Clinton will remain in hospital for continuous monitoring, the doctors said.

“We hope to have him go home soon,” the joint statement from Drs. Alpesh Amin and Lisa Bardack said.

CNN reported that Clinton was in the intensive care unit, primarily to give him privacy, and he was not on a breathing machine, according to doctors treating the former president at University of California Irvine Medical Center, California.

His condition is not related to his previous heart problems or COVID-19, CNN said.

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–With files from Reuters