Bill Clinton to Spend Another Night in Hospital

Hillary Clinton leaves after it was announced that former US President Bill Clinton was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, US October 14, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson
Hillary Clinton leaves after it was announced that former US President Bill Clinton was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, US October 14, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson
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Bill Clinton to Spend Another Night in Hospital

Hillary Clinton leaves after it was announced that former US President Bill Clinton was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, US October 14, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson
Hillary Clinton leaves after it was announced that former US President Bill Clinton was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, US October 14, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson

Former US president Bill Clinton’s health is improving but will spend another night in hospital, a spokesman said Friday, as he undergoes treatment for a reported case of sepsis.

"All health indicators are trending in the right direction, including his white blood count which has decreased significantly. In order to receive further IV antibiotics he will remain in hospital overnight," said Clinton spokesman Angel Urena.

Clinton, who led the United States from 1993 to 2001, was admitted Tuesday evening to the UCI Medical Center in Irvine, south of Los Angeles.

Urena said that Clinton, 75, was responding well to treatment for a non-Covid-related blood infection.

The New York Times, quoting an aide, said the former president had been hospitalized after a urological infection developed into sepsis.

Sepsis is an extreme bodily reaction to infection that affects 1.7 million people in America every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It kills 270,000 of those infected every year.

"Infections that lead to sepsis most often start in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract," the CDC says on its website.

"Without timely treatment, sepsis can rapidly lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death."

Photographs in US media showed his wife, former secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, visiting the hospital.

President Joe Biden said he had spoken to Clinton.

"He is getting out shortly. ... Whether that's tomorrow or the next day, I don't know," Biden told reporters in Connecticut.

"He seems to be, God willing, doing well," Biden said.

At the hospital on Friday there was a small visible police presence, and a large group of reporters.



Family of British Nationals Detained in Iran Focused on Ensuring their Safe Return

A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)
A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)
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Family of British Nationals Detained in Iran Focused on Ensuring their Safe Return

A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)
A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)

The family of two British nationals detained in the Iranian city of Kerman said on Saturday they were engaging with relevant authorities to ensure their well-being and safe return home.

Iran's official news agency reported on Thursday the two British nationals, a man and a woman, were in custody on security-related charges. It published blurred images of the two meeting with the British ambassador but did not identify them, Reuters reported.

The family of the two, in a statement released by the British Foreign Office, named them as Craig and Lindsay Foreman.

It was not clear when they were detained, Reuters reported.

"This unexpected turn of events has caused significant concern for our entire family, and we are deeply focused on ensuring their safety and well-being during this trying time," the family said.

They said they were actively engaging with the British government and relevant authorities, and were "united in our determination to secure their safe return".

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have arrested dozens of foreigners and dual nationals in recent years, mostly on espionage and security-related charges.

Human rights groups and some Western countries have accused Tehran of trying to win concessions from other countries through arrests on security charges that may have been trumped up. Iran denies arresting people for political reasons.