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| Hillary Clinton remains in hospital as doctors indicate 'excellent progress' | Hillary Clinton remains in hospital as doctors indicate 'excellent progress' |
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| US secretary of state Hillary Clinton marked her fourth day in hospital on Wednesday as she received treatment for a blood clot located between her brain and skull. | US secretary of state Hillary Clinton marked her fourth day in hospital on Wednesday as she received treatment for a blood clot located between her brain and skull. |
| The State Department said Clinton has been speaking with staff and reviewing paperwork. "She's been quite active on the phone with all of us," said the State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. | The State Department said Clinton has been speaking with staff and reviewing paperwork. "She's been quite active on the phone with all of us," said the State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. |
| Doctors are treating Clinton, 65, with blood thinners, and expect her to make a full recovery. They also said Clinton had not suffered any neurological damage and was making "excellent progress". | Doctors are treating Clinton, 65, with blood thinners, and expect her to make a full recovery. They also said Clinton had not suffered any neurological damage and was making "excellent progress". |
| She was seen leaving the main building at New York-Presbyterian hospital at one point on Wednesday afternoon with her family. The State Department offered no immediate explanation. | She was seen leaving the main building at New York-Presbyterian hospital at one point on Wednesday afternoon with her family. The State Department offered no immediate explanation. |
| Chelsea Clinton had been tweeting from her mother's bedside, expressing thanks to the doctors treating her mother and to the people wishing her a safe recovery. | Chelsea Clinton had been tweeting from her mother's bedside, expressing thanks to the doctors treating her mother and to the people wishing her a safe recovery. |
| Wishing all a healthy & happy 2013. Grateful to be starting the new year with my family. | Wishing all a healthy & happy 2013. Grateful to be starting the new year with my family. |
| Thank you to all for sending good thoughts my Mom's way. Grateful to all her doctors &that she'll make a full recovery! state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/20… | Thank you to all for sending good thoughts my Mom's way. Grateful to all her doctors &that she'll make a full recovery! state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/20… |
| Dr Lisa Bardack of the Mt Kisco Medical Group and Dr Gigi El-Bayoumi of George Washington University released a statement Monday on Clinton's condition: | Dr Lisa Bardack of the Mt Kisco Medical Group and Dr Gigi El-Bayoumi of George Washington University released a statement Monday on Clinton's condition: |
| "She will be released once the medication dose has been established. In all other aspects of her recovery, the secretary is making excellent progress and we are confident she will make a full recovery. She is in good spirits, engaging with her doctors, her family, and her staff." | "She will be released once the medication dose has been established. In all other aspects of her recovery, the secretary is making excellent progress and we are confident she will make a full recovery. She is in good spirits, engaging with her doctors, her family, and her staff." |
| The blood clot was discovered Sunday during a follow-up examination to a concussion Clinton suffered in mid-December. Clinton was admitted to the hospital that night. | The blood clot was discovered Sunday during a follow-up examination to a concussion Clinton suffered in mid-December. Clinton was admitted to the hospital that night. |
| Clinton suffered from the concussion after falling at home while recuperating from a stomach virus. She was unable to attend a congressional hearing into the assault on the US consulate in Benghazi, and canceled trips to North Africa and the Middle East. | Clinton suffered from the concussion after falling at home while recuperating from a stomach virus. She was unable to attend a congressional hearing into the assault on the US consulate in Benghazi, and canceled trips to North Africa and the Middle East. |
| Her absence from sessions concerning the Benghazi attack provoked some Republican commentators to question the veracity of her condition. | Her absence from sessions concerning the Benghazi attack provoked some Republican commentators to question the veracity of her condition. |
| Clinton's supporters, meanwhile, have been left wondering whether Clinton would be preparing to run for president in 2016, as expected. | Clinton's supporters, meanwhile, have been left wondering whether Clinton would be preparing to run for president in 2016, as expected. |
| When asked about her plans for post-2012 election life in late-2011, she said: "I think after 20 years, and it will be 20 years, of being on the highwire of American politics and all of the challenges that come with that, it would probably be a good idea to just find out how tired I am." | When asked about her plans for post-2012 election life in late-2011, she said: "I think after 20 years, and it will be 20 years, of being on the highwire of American politics and all of the challenges that come with that, it would probably be a good idea to just find out how tired I am." |
| Clinton is set to step down as a secretary of state early this year. Barack Obama nominated senator John Kerry, a former presidential nominee and current chair of the Senate's foreign relations committee, as her replacement. | Clinton is set to step down as a secretary of state early this year. Barack Obama nominated senator John Kerry, a former presidential nominee and current chair of the Senate's foreign relations committee, as her replacement. |
| Clinton told the New York Daily News in 2007 that she suffered from a blood clot in her right leg in 1998. | Clinton told the New York Daily News in 2007 that she suffered from a blood clot in her right leg in 1998. |
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