Ex-US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, 84, has hip replacement surgery in Germany after fall
The senior lawmaker is ‘well on the mend’ after tripping at an event in Luxembourg and fracturing her hip
Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi had hip replacement surgery on Saturday at a US military hospital in Germany after falling while at an event in Luxembourg with other members of Congress.
Pelosi, 84, “is well on the mend,” said Ian Krager, a spokesman for the California Democrat, in a statement.
Pelosi thanked the staff at Landstuhl Regional Medical Centre and the hospital in Luxembourg, where she was also treated, for “their excellent care and kindness.”
She was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Pelosi tripped and fell while at an event and fractured her hip, according to people familiar with her injury who were not authorised to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Among those on the trip was Republican congressman Michael McCaul, who posted on social media Friday that he was “praying for a speedy recovery,” for Pelosi.
