Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday morning for a possible infection, a spokeswoman for the country’s highest court reported Tuesday.
The magistrate underwent an endoscopic procedure to clean a bile duct catheter that was placed last August, after experiencing fever and chills on Monday night. She spent the early morning at the Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC and was transferred to Johns Hopkins in the morning.
“The judge rests comfortably and will remain in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment”Kathleen Arberg said in a press release.
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It is the second time in just over two months that the 87-year-old magistrate is hospitalized. On May 5, Ginsburg was admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital for acute cholecystitis., a benign gallbladder condition. An interned night passed.
While in the hospital on that occasion, he participated in arguments that the court debated by telephone. Due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ginsburg has been treated four times for cancer. In addition to a tumor in the pancreas last year, she was previously treated for colorectal cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer in 2009. And in December 2018, she underwent lung surgery to remove several cancerous tumors.
The judge is known for staying active with regular physical training. You have said on more than one occasion that would you like to serve until you are 90, if your health allows it. The post of magistrate of the Supreme Court is for life.
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