Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi He underwent a hip replacement on Saturday at a US military hospital in Germany after collapsing while in Luxembourg with other members of Congress.
Pelosi, 84, “is doing well,” said Ian Krager, a spokesman for the California Democrat.
Pelosi thanked the medical staff of the Landstuhl regional center and the hospital in Luxembourg, where she was also treated, for “excellent care and compassion.”
Pelosi was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Pelosi retained and fell in the matter and had broken a hip, according to people familiar with the injury, who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Among those on the trip was Texas Republican Michael McCaul, who posted on social media that he was “praying for recovery” for Pelosi.
The San Francisco congresswoman stepped down as speaker — a powerful position second in line to the presidency after the vice president — but continued to serve in the House. and remains influential in the party
Pelosi was first elected in 1987. She served as speaker twice, stepping down from her leadership after two years, but remained in Congress and was reappointed to represent that district in San Francisco in November.