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Jimmy Carter Hospitalised For Procedure To Relieve Brain Pressure

Former US president Jimmy Carter was hospitalised on Monday for a procedure to relieve brain pressure after recent falls, his organisation said. The 95-year-old Nobel … Continue reading Jimmy Carter Hospitalised For Procedure To Relieve Brain Pressure


FILES) In this file photo taken on March 26, 2018, former US President Jimmy Carter attends a book signing event for his new book ‘Faith: A Journey For All’ in New York City. Carter has warned that the US has “abandoned” its standing as the premier champion of human rights, showing “indifference” to abuse at home and abroad. “The United States has already lost its place as a leader of protecting people and their human rights,” the Democratic ex-president told a Human Rights Defenders Forum on July 24, 2018, at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
File photo of former US President Jimmy Carter. PHOTO: Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP

Former US president Jimmy Carter was hospitalised on Monday for a procedure to relieve brain pressure after recent falls, his organisation said.

The 95-year-old Nobel laureate spent three days in hospital last month after suffering a pelvic fracture.

The injury came weeks after he injured his head in a fall at home, recovering quickly to volunteer the next day — with a black eye and a bandage covering 14 stitches — at a Habitat for Humanity site.

He was taken to Emory University Hospital “for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain,” The Carter Center said in a statement, adding it would take place on Tuesday morning.

“President Carter is resting comfortably, and his wife, Rosalynn, is with him,” it said.

In office from 1977 to 1981, Carter placed a commitment to human rights and social justice at the core of his presidency.

He enjoyed a strong first two years, which included brokering a peace deal between Israel and Egypt dubbed the Camp David Accords.

But his administration hit numerous snags — the most serious being the Iran hostage crisis and the disastrous failed attempt to rescue the 52 captive Americans in 1980.

His handling of the oil crisis of 1979-1980 was also sharply criticized, and images of cars lined up at gas stations were long associated with his presidency.

But as the years passed, a more nuanced image of Carter emerged that took in his post-presidential activities and reassessed his achievements.

He founded the Carter Center in 1982 to pursue his vision of world diplomacy, and he was the recipient of 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless efforts to promote social and economic justice.

In August 2015, Carter revealed he had cancer on his brain and was undergoing radiation treatment — an illness he recovered from, seemingly against the odds.

AFP