Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized after she breaks three ribs in a fall she suffered in her office
A spokeswoman for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court said that she was hospitalized with three broken ribs after falling in her office Wednesday evening. While the 85-year-old SCOTUS Justice went home after the fall, she experienced discomfort over the night. Kathy Arberg, a Supreme Court spokeswoman, said that doctors at George Washington University Hospital found three broken ribs on her left side, the New York Times reports.
That said, Justice Ginsburg's history suggests that injuries have not kept her away from the workings of the court, and she most likely will not miss the next sitting of the Supreme Court which begins on November 26. In 2012, she returned to work after breaking two ribs. In the same year, she underwent a heart procedure but returned to work soon after. Furthermore, she returned to work less than three weeks after having a surgery for a cancerous tumor and was back in action after having a stent implanted to open a blocked artery in 2014.