FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2020, file photo U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a discussion on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from a hospital in New York City and has returned home, the Supreme Court said Friday.
The court said Ginsburg, 87, is doing well, two days after undergoing a minimally invasive procedure on Wednesday to “revise a bile duct stent” at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The stent had originally been placed last August, when Ginsburg was treated for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas .
The procedure is common and was done to minimize the risk of future infection, according to her doctors, the court said in a statement.
The procedure follows another one earlier this month at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to clean out the stent. Ginsburg had gone to the hospital after experiencing fever and chills and was treated for a possible infection.
Ginsburg, the oldest justice on the nine-member court, announced on July 17 that she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer. The liberal justice, who has had four earlier bouts with cancer, said her treatment so far has succeeded in reducing lesions on her liver.
Studentdoctor563 on July 31st, 2020 at 23:20 UTC »
They need to start the headline with " DONT WORRY SHE'S FINE"
Edit: thanks for the award! I'm glad we all love RBG
tuscabam on July 31st, 2020 at 22:40 UTC »
She’s doing everything in her power to last till January. She’s a fighter and I have nothing but respect for her.
Kahzgul on July 31st, 2020 at 22:25 UTC »
Every time I see those first four words at the start of a headline my heart skips a beat.