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Sen. John Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall Tied to Ventricular Fibrillation Flare-Up

His office says he is staying for observation to allow doctors to adjust his medications.

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)
FILE - Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., participates in a debate, June 2, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Overview

  • The Pennsylvania senator felt light-headed during an early-morning walk in Braddock and fell, causing minor facial injuries.
  • Doctors determined the episode was a ventricular fibrillation flare-up and kept him at a Pittsburgh hospital for routine observation.
  • Fetterman chose to remain hospitalized so clinicians can fine-tune his medication regimen, according to his spokesperson.
  • He signaled good spirits with a joking remark and expressed gratitude to EMTs, nurses and doctors caring for him.
  • The incident follows his documented 2022 stroke with an implanted pacemaker/defibrillator and a 2023 hospitalization for clinical depression, detailed in his new memoir.