Get you up to speed: Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized following stroke
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut was hospitalised on Saturday after experiencing a stroke during a hockey game. He was taken to a local hospital and later transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring, with his office stating he is “responding well to treatment.”
Senator Chris Murphy was hospitalised on Saturday after suffering a stroke during a hockey game. He has since been transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is reportedly responding well to treatment.
Senator Chris Murphy’s office confirmed he was hospitalised after a stroke, stating that he has been transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment. His chief of staff expressed optimism about his recovery, noting that “the doctors are encouraged by his progress.”
What remains unclear — It is not specified when Senator Murphy will be discharged or when he might resume his duties.
Senator Chris Murphy hospitalised after suffering a stroke
Washington — Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was hospitalized on Saturday after experiencing a stroke, his office said.
“Yesterday afternoon, Senator Murphy started experiencing numbness in his arm while at his son’s hockey game. He was taken to a local hospital, where it was discovered he had experienced a stroke,” Murphy’s chief of staff Allison Herwitt said in a statement on Sunday.
Herwitt said Murphy was transferred to Johns Hopkins “for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment.”
“The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery,” she added.
Murphy, 53, has represented Connecticut in the Senate since 2013, after serving three terms in the House. The Connecticut Democrat has been viewed as a possible 2028 White House contender, and has crisscrossed the country in recent weeks propping up Democrats in the midterm elections.