{"id":1876050,"date":"2023-03-13T19:58:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T23:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-discharged-from-hospital\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T20:00:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T00:00:29","slug":"mcconnell-discharged-from-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-discharged-from-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell discharged from hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcconnell-discharged-from-hospital%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1876050&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Tom Brenner\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN Geraldyn Berry<br \/>UPDATED 4:43 PM \u2013 Monday, March 13, 2023<\/p>\n<p>After sustaining a concussion, and a fractured rib in a fall, Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was discharged from hospital.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px;min-height: 50px;text-align: center\">  \t  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(&#8216;div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1&#8217;); });  \t  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640fb8c01299d.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is out of the hospital, having been treated for a concussion as well as a minor rib injury. <\/p>\n<p>McConnell will continue his recovery through physical therapy at an inpatient rehabilitation facility before returning\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IDMvVbN8kI\">https:\/\/t.co\/IDMvVbN8kI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gvwnoNCNhf\">pic.twitter.com\/gvwnoNCNhf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rachel Acenas (@RachelAcenas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RachelAcenas\/status\/1635402903891619841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>McConnell Communications Director David Popp issued a statement Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Leader McConnell&#8217;s concussion recovery is proceeding well and the Leader was discharged from the hospital today,&#8221; Popp said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Popp said that the Republican would be going to an inpatient rehabilitation center for physical therapy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period of physical therapy at an inpatient rehabilitation facility before he returns home,&#8221; Popp said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His aide said that although the length of his therapy will be ultimately determined by his doctors, it can vary. &#8220;anywhere from a week to two weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McConnell was hospitalized after he had suffered from a &#8220;minor rib fracture&#8221; Following a reception at the Senate Leadership Fund, a campaign group aligned to him, during a fall.<\/p>\n<p>He has been the Senate Republican leader since 2007. McConnell also broke the record for longest tenured party leader in Senate history earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/mcconnell-discharged-from-hospital\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mcconnell-discharged-from-hospital\">McConnell was released from the hospital<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Tom Brenner\/Getty Images) OAN Geraldyn BerryUPDATED 4:43 PM \u2013 Monday, March 13, 2023 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been discharged from a hospital following a fall which led to a concussion and a rib fracture. 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