Ex-US President Jimmy Carter Hospitalised Over Pelvic Fracture

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been admitted to a hospital after falling at his home in Plains, Georgia on Monday evening.

According to the Carter Center on their verified Twitter page, the ex-president has been admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center for observation and treatment of a minor pelvic fracture.

Carter, who served as president from 1977 to 1981 as the 39th US president, had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2015 but declared himself cancer-free months later.

 See Tweet below:

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had a fall yesterday evening at his home in Plains, Ga. He has been admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center for observation and treatment of a minor pelvic fracture. He is in good spirits and is looking forward to recovering at home.

— The Carter Center (@CarterCenter) October 22, 2019