Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, is resting in a New York City hospital after undergoing a procedure to replace a bile duct stent.
What We Know:
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg is now resting in a New York City hospital after her procedure to replace a bile duct stent she originally placed last year. In a statement released by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Ginsburg’s treatment was described as “non-surgical” and said it was performed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. But this isn’t the first time Ginsburg went the hospital for the bile duct stent.
- On July 14, Ginsburg was admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where she was treated for possible infection by undergoing the endoscopic procedure to clean out a bile duct stent she had placed last year in August.
- “According to the doctors, stent revisions are common occurrences and the procedure, performed using endoscopy and medical imaging guidance, was done to minimize the risk of future infection,” the statement read. “The Justice is resting comfortably and expects to be released from the hospital by the end of the week.”
- Ginsburg has been dealing with health issues for a while. In 1999, Ginsburg underwent treatment for colon cancer and then, in 2009, she was treated for early stages of pancreatic cancer. In August of 2019, the pancreatic cancer returned and she was treated for that.
- Ginsburg’s health issues and age have been a major concern regarding her work but Ginsburg assures that she will be able to do her job without interruptions, including her health issues. In May, Ginsburg was hospitalized yet still attended phone meetings (because of the pandemic) from her hospital room, where she was recovering from a benign gallbladder condition.
Ginsburg also announced on July 17 that in February, a scan showed that she had lesions on her liver.
