Rep. Nancy Pelosi was admitted to a hospital in Luxembourg after she “sustained an injury during an official engagement,” but is continuing to work, a spokesman said.
Pelosi went to the hospital as the result of a fall on the stairs, three sources told CNN.
The former speaker will likely require surgery for a hip injury, sources familiar with the situation told ABC News.
It is not clear when and where a surgery would take place, but her office said she is currently receiving medical care.
Pelosi, 84, is receiving “excellent” treatment from doctors and medical professionals, Ian Krager, the spokesman, said.
“While traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation,” Krager said.
Pelosi is “currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals. She continues to work and regrets that she is unable to attend the remainder of the CODEL engagements to honor the courage of our servicemembers during one of the greatest acts of American heroism in our nation’s history,” Krager said, adding that Pelosi “looks forward to returning home to the U.S. soon.”
Pelosi had announced she would travel with a bipartisan congressional delegation to Belgium and Luxembourg that would include events with veterans, their families, active service members and other government and military officials, according to her office.
Pelosi, who served as Democratic leader in the House for 15 years, previously traveled with a similar delegation in 2019 for the 75th anniversary.
The injury sustained by Pelosi comes just days after longtime Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell tripped and fell at the US Capitol, spraining his wrist and cutting his face.
McConnell sustained a “minor cut to the face,” and was “cleared to resume his schedule,” a spokesman for the 82-year-old Kentucky Republican said in a statement on Tuesday.
