Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) underwent hip replacement surgery Saturday after falling during a congressional delegation trip to Luxembourg.
“Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend,” said the congresswoman’s spokesman, Ian Krager.
The ex-speaker’s rep offered Pelosi’s thanks to those who offered well-wishes and insisted she is “ever determined to ensure access to quality health care for all Americans.”
The former House speaker also thanked US military staff at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center at Landstuhl Army Base along with medical staff at Hospital Kirchberg in Luxembourg.
Pelosi, 84, was admitted to a hospital for evaluation Friday after she tripped and fell while descending marble stairs at the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg City, according to reports.
The San Francisco Democrat had been traveling overseas with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in the Western European nation during World War II.
The incident came just hours after it was revealed that Pelosi, who is currently serving her 19th term in Congress, had been orchestrating a behind-the-scenes ploy to undermine a bid by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to serve as the top Dem on the House Oversight Committee.
