MSNBC: Pelosi Spokesperson Issues Statement on Hip Replacement Surgery in Germany

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WITT: “We are beginning with breaking news this hour. A spokesperson for palmer speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is quote on the mend after having surgery this morning in Germany. We are going to head right to NBC’s Gary Grumbach with all the details on Capitol Hill. What happened, Gary? What kind of surgery that you have, and what led to it?”

GRUMBACH: “Former speaker Nancy Pelosi was on a congressional trip to Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of the Bulge, but she fell during an official event on Friday. She was taken to a local hospital in Luxembourg, and was airlifted from Luxembourg to a hospital near Ramstein air force base in Germany. We have a statement from her spokesman here just this morning saying speaker emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend. Speaker Pelosi is grateful to U.S. Military staff Atlanta regional medical center and medical staff at hospital Chris burke for their excellent care and kindness. Now, Alex, lentil is the hot artist American hospital outside of the United States, so she is certainly in good care. But no word yet on when she will be making it back to the United States. Hip replacement surgery generally takes a few days to recover from, in terms of getting out of the hospital. Certainly for an 84-year-old that will be the case, as well.”

WITT: “Let me be clear, she fell at an event? Do we know, was a downstairs? Whenever we learn details, typically a lot of places, offices in particular, are not going to get a lot of details. But have you learned what happened specifically?”

GRUMBACH: “Details confirmed. It appears she was at some sort of palace in Luxembourg for one of the events when this happens. The New York Times reports it was a hard fall. We don’t have that fully confirmed yet. But it does sound like it was something to that effect, and enough of an injury, certainly, to be airlifted from Luxembourg to Germany for an American air force base to be able to have her taken care of there.”