{"id":33901,"date":"2025-11-14T07:59:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/33901\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T07:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:59:42","slug":"pennsylvania-sen-john-fetterman-hospitalized-after-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/33901\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized after fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. John Fetterman’s office said the Pennsylvania Democrat is under “routine observation” in a Pittsburgh hospital after he fell during an early morning walk Thursday near his home in Braddock, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

“It was established he had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that led to Senator Fetterman feeling light-headed, falling to the ground and hitting his face with minor injuries,” a statement from his office said.<\/p>\n

“If you thought my face looked bad before, wait until you see it now!” Fetterman said, according to the statement.<\/p>\n

Fetterman opted to stay in the hospital so doctors can “fine-tune his medication regimen,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Fetterman suffered a stroke<\/a> in May 2022 during the Democratic primary for the state’s open Senate seat. Despite his condition limiting his campaigning, he won the Democratic nomination and later defeated Dr. Mehmet Oz<\/a>, now President Donald Trump’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, in the general election.<\/p>\n

The following February,\u00a0Fetterman was hospitalized for several days<\/a>\u00a0of observation after feeling lightheaded, though his aides said testing ruled out seizures or another stroke.<\/p>\n

Weeks later, Fetterman checked himself into a Washington hospital for treatment of depression.<\/p>\n

“While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” Adam Jentleson, his chief of staff, said at the time.<\/p>\n

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