Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was hospitalized in Europe on Friday after the 84-year-old fell down the stairs and broke her hip.
Pelosi “tripped going down marble stairs at the Grand Ducal Palace and took a hard fall,” The New York Times reported.
A source close to the former Speaker of the House Representatives said that she fractured her hip during the fall.
Doctors believe that a standard operation should be sufficient to repair the damage, but they were not sure if that would be done in Europe or the U.S.
The incident happened as Pelosi was traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation in Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.
Pelosi “sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation,” a statement from her office said, adding that she was “currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and…
