Former US presidential candidate Dole in hospital
23/02/2010 - 09:03:45A spokesman for former US presidential nominee and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said he is recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre after a bout of pneumonia.
Mr Dole, 86, was admitted to the military hospital about three weeks ago with a respiratory condition, spokesman Michael Marshall said.
Mr Dole soon recovered but has remained at the hospital to undergo physical therapy for knee surgery he underwent late last year.
“Thanks to the great doctors and nurses at Walter Reed, I am making great strides, working between (therapy) sessions and hope to be fully recovered and back at the office in a few weeks,” Mr Dole said in a statement.
Mr Marshall said the pneumonia set Mr Dole back and that he would need more time in the hospital to regain his strength.
