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Fetterman Discharged After Hospital Stay for V-Fib–Related Fall Near His Home

His team reports routine care focused on medication adjustments, leaving unspecified whether his implanted defibrillator fired.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman was hospitalized after falling near his home in Pennsylvania.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., a Democrat who has been voting to open the government, leaves the chamber as the Senate works to bring the longest government shutdown in U.S. history to an end after a bipartisan compromise, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to reporters, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo

Overview

  • Sen. John Fetterman left a Pittsburgh hospital on Saturday, saying he received 20 stitches and was back home with his family.
  • The fall occurred Thursday during an early-morning walk near his Braddock residence after he became light-headed from a ventricular fibrillation flare-up.
  • His office said he sustained minor facial injuries and remained under observation so doctors could fine-tune his medication regimen.
  • Officials have not said whether his implanted defibrillator activated or whether he lost consciousness during the episode.
  • The incident follows his 2022 stroke and implantation of a pacemaker/defibrillator, and it came during a week of book promotion and after his vote to reopen the government.