U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has been released from a Las Vegas hospital following a procedure after suffering a heart attack, causing the candidate to briefly suspend his campaign.
“I am glad to be home in Burlington to rest for a little bit. I want to thank all of you for your well wishes, love and support over the week. I am recovering well and feeling much better. I am more determined than ever to fight alongside you to make health care a human right,” he tweeted Sunday, two days after being released from Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center.
“After presenting to an outside facility with chest pain, Sen. Sanders was diagnosed with a myocardial infarction. He was immediately transferred to Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center,” treating physicians Arturo E. Marchand Jr. and Arjun Gururaj said in a campaign statement on Friday.
“His hospital course was uneventful with good expected progress. He was discharged with instructions to follow up with his personal physician,” they added.