Sen. Dianne Feinstein hospitalized after home fall in San Francisco.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein Hospitalized After Fall at Home
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) was hospitalized on Tuesday afternoon after falling at her San Francisco home, her spokesman confirmed to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday morning.
A spokesman for Feinstein, 90, said the senator briefly went to the hospital as a precautionary measure after a minor fall. She “returned home shortly after with no serious injuries,” the spokesman said, adding, “All of her scans were clear, and she returned home.”
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Feinstein, the Senate’s oldest member, has had memory and cognition troubles for years, though it wasn’t until her shingles diagnosis kept her out of the upper chamber for months that her condition became headline news. After years of criticisms from those in her party who said she was no longer up to the job, Feinstein said at the time of her diagnosis in February that she wouldn’t seek reelection in 2024, though she vowed to serve out the remaining 20 months of her term.
Facing resignation calls from House Democrats and frustration from her Senate colleagues that was spilling out into public view, a wheelchair-bound Feinstein returned to the Capitol in mid-May looking frail and at times disoriented.
Feinstein has remained adamant that she will not resign before the end of her term despite concerns about her fitness to serve and has described being a senator as her “calling.” The 90-year-old has largely been kept out of public view since then, being whisked to and from votes and committee hearings by staff without taking many questions from journalists.
The senator has taken part in some Hill activities since her return, including a photo shoot for National Seersucker Day in early June, though she hasn’t been out and about in her home state since late last year.
Feinstein was slated to appear at an event in San Francisco last Wednesday, a gathering her office indicated she’d be in attendance for the day before, but was a no-show. Her office cited health issues for her absence, saying in a statement, “She is not feeling well and has a cough. She decided it was best to stay at home.”
A New York Times report in May alleged that Feinstein’s shingles had “spread to her face and neck, causing vision and balance impairments and facial paralysis known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome.” She was also experiencing post-shingles encephalitis, which “can leave patients with lasting memory or language problems, sleep disorders, bouts of confusion, mood disorders, headaches and difficulties walking.”
As other outlets began to confirm the diagnosis rumors with sources close to Feinstein, her office acknowledged she was suffering the effects of Ramsay Hunt syndrome but did not address the encephalitis matter specifically.
Feinstein’s colleagues, both senators and longtime staffers, expressed dismay about her noticeable decline after her return to the Capitol.
“It’s a noticeable difference from before [the shingles diagnosis],” a Republican senator who serves with Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee told the Washington Examiner in late June.
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The senator, who spoke on condition of anonymity, called it “shocking” to see her in her current condition.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), who chairs the Judiciary Committee, said in May that he was “monitoring her medical condition almost on a daily basis.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the top Republican on the committee, said at the time of Feinstein: “As a friend, you can see she’s hurting.”
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