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John Fetterman to spend 'weeks' in hospital over depression: aide
[MSN] Sen. John Fetterman will likely need to be hospitalized for at least "a few weeks" as he receives inpatient treatment for clinical depression in Washington, DC, a senior aide said Friday.It’s been hard for staffers to tell whether the 53-year-old Pennsylvania Democrat has been unresponsive in recent weeks due to hearing loss from the stroke he suffered in May — or because he’s in the throes of despair, the aide told NBC. "[He’s] not hearing you or is he sort of crippled by his depression and social anxiety," said the aide— adding that staffers were surprised by the severity of his depression. The potential weeks-long mental health treatment won’t impact Fetterman’s ability to do his job in the future and his resignation is "not even on the table in any sense," the aide insisted. Fetterman’s office announced Thursday that he had checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after a stint at George Washington University Hospital last week for lightheadedness and other health problems. Posted by: Fred 2023-02-19 |
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