Alito treated at Philadelphia hospital in March, returned to bench days later
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was treated at a hospital in Philadelphia in March, Scripps News has learned.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was treated at a hospital in Philadelphia in March, Scripps News has learned.
A Supreme Court spokesperson said Alito “felt ill” during an event and sought medical care before a planned three-hour drive home.
"After that examination and the administration of fluids for dehydration, he returned home that night, as previously planned," spokesperson Patricia McCabe said. "Justice Alito was thoroughly checked by his own physician, and he returned to work the following Monday for oral argument."
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