Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves hospital after cancer surgery
Spokeswoman for US Supreme Court says justice is now ‘recuperating at home’ following surgery to remove 2 malignant growths
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In this file photo from September 26, 2018, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a lecture at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images North America/AFP)
WASHINGTON — A spokeswoman for the US Supreme Court said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from the hospital after cancer surgery.
Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Ginsburg left New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on Tuesday and is now “recuperating at home.”
Ginsburg, who is Jewish, underwent surgery Friday to remove two malignant growths in her left lung. Doctors say there is no evidence of any remaining disease.
Now 85, the justice has been treated for cancer two other times. Last month she cracked three ribs in a fall at the court. Despite her health problems, Ginsburg has never missed arguments.
The court next meets on January 7.
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