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 Hillary Clinton: Underwent successful surgery
On Friday US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton underwent "successful surgery" to repair her broken right elbow and she is expected to have a full recovery. A top aide has confirmed this news.
Hillary Clinton, who is right handed, returned to her home in Washington after 2-hour long surgery at a Washington hospital and will rest there along with her family during the weekend. In a statement her chief of staff Cheryl D. Mills said so.
According to officials, Hillary's husband Bill Clinton, the former president, and their daughter Chelsea joined her later on Wednesday after she fell in the State Department basement while heading to her car for a meeting at the White House.
Mills said that all the decisions about her schedule and plans of travel to Europe sometime during this week will be made in the coming days.
She is due at a meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrial countries in Trieste, Italy and talks of the Organization of Security and Cooperation on the Greek island of Corfu.
It is stated, "Her doctors at The George Washington University Hospital have advised her that they expect her to make a full recovery without lasting damage to her arm”.
Mills continued, "She, president Clinton, and Chelsea are grateful for the many prayers and messages of good will they have received these past few days,"
As per the statement the Clinton family has expressed appreciation for the "excellent care" that has been provided by the medical team.
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