Former US President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized on Monday evening (local time) for treatment. The 95-year-old has developed after several falls, a bleeding in the skull, which presses on the brain, said Carter Foundation in Atlanta (Georgia) with.
The surgery at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta is scheduled for Tuesday. According to the circumstances, the patient is doing relatively well and his wife Rosalynn (92) is with him.
In the accident at the end of October, he had suffered a pelvic fracture. Carter crashed at his home in Plains, Georgia. At that time it was said that the 95-year-old was in good spirits. He was happy to be allowed to return home soon to get his strength. It is a pelvic fracture of a low severity. Only a few days later he was able to leave the hospital.
Carter crashed once in early October, according to the Carter Center, and had to be sewn above the eyebrow. In May, Carter had broken his hip in a fall at home. He wanted to start a turkey hunt at the time. Also because of this incident, an operation was necessary at that time.
The Democrat is the oldest living former US President. He was in office from 1977 to 1981. Four years later he lost the election against Ronald Reagan. After the end of his term Carter is committed to democracy, human rights and peaceful conflict resolution worldwide. For this he received the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. As part of the project Habitat for Humanity, he was still very active in the construction of houses for the needy, even in old age - and also repeatedly helped himself on the construction sites.
