After being treated for Flu on Tuesday, the former U.S. President Bill Clinton has been discharged from the hospital.
This was confirmed by a post released on X by a spokesperson to the former president.
“He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages and well wishes he received,” Angel Ureña wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
On Monday night, Clinton became ill with a fever and was taken to Georgetown University Medical Centre in Washington, DC, for observation and testing. In 2021, the 78-year-old was last admitted to the hospital for six days in California due to an infection that had spread to his bloodstream.
The 42nd US president, who served in the White House from 1993 to 2001, is also known to have suffered with heart issues in the past.
In 2004, aged 58, he had a quadruple bypass surgery after doctors found signs of extensive heart disease and, ten years later, he had a clogged artery opened after complaining of chest pains.
He has been active since leaving office, starting what later became known as the Clinton Foundation, which partnered with American Heart Association to form the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
Not long after his second surgery, the ex-president – known for his love of fatty foods – went vegan. He told Politico in 2016, “I might not be around if I hadn’t become a vegan. It’s great.”
Clinton was also active on the presidential campaign trail this year, as he travelled the country to boost Vice-President Kamala Harris’s bid for president.
Last month, he released his latest book, Citizen: My Life After the White House.