US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from the hospital and she is home and doing well, according to a court statement.
Yesterday, Justice Ginsburg was taken to the hospital and treated for a possible infection, according to a court spokeswoman.
According to CNN, “Justice Ginsburg was admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland early this morning for treatment of a possible infection,” spokeswoman Kathleen Arberg said Tuesday.
“She was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. last night after experiencing fever and chills. She underwent an endoscopic procedure at Johns Hopkins this afternoon to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August. The Justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment.”
It’s the latest development in Ginsburg’s lengthy history of medical issues while serving on the high court.
In May, she underwent nonsurgical treatment for a benign gallbladder condition at the same hospital.
Ginsberg missed oral arguments for the first time in January 2019, while recovering from surgery after two cancerous nodules were removed from her left lung the previous month. At the time, she participated in the cases by reading transcripts. The liberal justice had already received treatment in November 2018 for three ribs she fractured during a fall in her office. And in August 2019, she was treated for pancreatic cancer.
