Former President Bill Clinton admitted to hospital due to infection-News

His spokesperson said on Thursday that former President Bill Clinton was taken to a Southern California hospital on Tuesday because of an infection, but he was “improving.”

Angel Urena said in a statement that Clinton, 75, was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday night for an infection unrelated to the new crown virus.

The statement said: “He is getting better and in good spirits. I am very grateful to the doctors, nurses and staff who provided him with excellent care.”

The Clinton spokesperson’s second statement quoted doctors Alpes Amin and Lisa Badak, who said that the former president had “received intravenous antibiotics and fluids.”

“After two days of treatment, his white blood cell count showed a downward trend, and he responded well to antibiotics,” the doctor said. “The California-based medical team has been in constant communication with the President’s medical team in New York, including his cardiologist. We hope he can go home as soon as possible.”

Since Clinton left the White House in 2001, the former president has been facing health scares. In 2004, after experiencing prolonged chest pain and shortness of breath, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery. In 2005, he returned to the hospital for partial lung collapse surgery, and in 2010 he implanted a pair of stents in the coronary arteries.

In response, he accepted a mostly vegan diet, which allowed him to lose weight and report an improvement in his health.

During the failed presidential nomination in 2008, he returned to the endgame many times to run for Democratic candidates, mainly his wife Hillary. In 2016, when his wife sought to enter the White House as a Democratic candidate, Clinton-then his grandfather, approaching 70-returned to the race.

UCI Medical Center is located in Orange County, approximately 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. It is unclear why Clinton will be in Southern California.