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(29,876 posts) Sat Mar 7, 2015, 02:47 PM Mar 2015

Former Vice President Walter Mondale Released From Hospital

Former Vice President Walter Mondale, 87, is "doing well" and is going home after a brief hospitalization for influenza, a hospital spokeswoman said Saturday.

During a speech in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Friday, former President Jimmy Carter said he had spoken to Mondale, his former vice president, who was being treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

"He went there for just a regular physical examination but had a fever, and they finally said that he has influenza," Carter told the crowd. "He is in bed right this moment, but looking forward to come back home."

Kelley Luckstein, a spokeswoman for the Mayo Clinic, told NBC News on Saturday that "Vice President Mondale is doing well. He was treated for flu and cold systems, and is headed home."

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