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| Harry Reid discharged from hospital after breaking ribs, facial bones in exercise accident | Harry Reid discharged from hospital after breaking ribs, facial bones in exercise accident |
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| Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) has been discharged from a Las Vegas hospital after suffering injuries in an exercise-related accident. | Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) has been discharged from a Las Vegas hospital after suffering injuries in an exercise-related accident. |
| Reid's office said in a statement Friday that the outgoing majority leader was exercising at his home in suburban Las Vegas when a piece of exercise equipment broke, "causing him to fall and break a number of ribs and bones in his face." | Reid's office said in a statement Friday that the outgoing majority leader was exercising at his home in suburban Las Vegas when a piece of exercise equipment broke, "causing him to fall and break a number of ribs and bones in his face." |
| The statement said that his doctors expect Reid will make a full recovery. Aides say he plans to return to Washington this weekend and be at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday when the new congressional session begins. | The statement said that his doctors expect Reid will make a full recovery. Aides say he plans to return to Washington this weekend and be at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday when the new congressional session begins. |
| Reid, 75, was treated at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas and kept overnight as a precaution, the statement said. | Reid, 75, was treated at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas and kept overnight as a precaution, the statement said. |
| A White House spokesman said that President Obama phoned Reid on Friday from his vacation in Hawaii "to wish him a full and speedy recovery. The President was glad to hear the Leader is doing well, and will be back in Washington this weekend." | |
| Several Republican senators, including Dean Heller (Nev.) and Jeff Flake (Ariz.), took to Twitter to express their best wishes for Reid. | |
| The Nevada Democrat has served in the U.S. Senate since 1987 and has said that he plans to run for reelection in 2016. He recently moved to Henderson, Nev., a suburb of Las Vegas, from his hometown of Searchlight, Nev., in order to be closer to his family and his state's major population center as he prepares for the campaign. | The Nevada Democrat has served in the U.S. Senate since 1987 and has said that he plans to run for reelection in 2016. He recently moved to Henderson, Nev., a suburb of Las Vegas, from his hometown of Searchlight, Nev., in order to be closer to his family and his state's major population center as he prepares for the campaign. |
| This is not Reid's first exercise-related accident: In 2011, he slipped and fell during a morning run near his home at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Washington and dislocated his shoulder. With his arm in a sling, he later showed off his black eye on Capitol Hill. | This is not Reid's first exercise-related accident: In 2011, he slipped and fell during a morning run near his home at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Washington and dislocated his shoulder. With his arm in a sling, he later showed off his black eye on Capitol Hill. |