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Justice Ginsburg hospitalized with infection, Supreme Court says

By Brooke Wolford

Updated May 5, 2020 9:48 PM

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with a gallbladder infection, the U.S. Supreme Court said in a statement.

Ginsburg, 87, underwent a non-surgical treatment at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore for acute cholecystitis, a benign gallbladder condition, which was caused by a gallstone, the Associated Press reported. She is expected to stay for a day or two, according to the court’s statement.

JUST IN: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with a gall bladder condition and plans to participate in tomorrow’s oral arguments by telephone from her hospital room. This week’s arguments are already being conducted remotely by phone. (Via @jancbs) pic.twitter.com/CRdSYVEOKu
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) May 6, 2020

She initially sought treatment Monday after she was diagnosed, AP reported.

Ginsburg is “resting comfortably” and plans to take part in oral arguments via teleconference Wednesday morning in the hospital, the court said.

The justice has been treated for cancer four times in the past, AP reported. Ginsburg was most recently treated in August.

This story was originally published May 5, 2020 at 9:03 PM.

Brooke Wolford

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Brooke is native of the Pacific Northwest and most recently worked for KREM 2 News in Spokane, Washington, as a digital and TV producer. She also worked as a general assignment reporter for the Coeur d’Alene Press in Idaho. She is an alumni of Washington State University, where she received a degree in journalism and media production from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.

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