Sen. John Fetterman Leaves Hospital, Will Return to Senate April 17

The Pennsylvania Democrat was being treated for major depression

Sen. John Fetterman on Capitol Hill in February, before he sought treatment.Photo: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/REUTERS

Sen. John Fetterman was discharged on Friday from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he checked himself in for depression, his office said. 

The 53-years-old Democrat from Pennsylvania entered the hospital in mid-February after struggling with what an aide said was clinical depression that left him unable to take care of himself in basic ways, like eating or drinking. He had suffered a stroke on the campaign trail last year and had been left with speaking and auditory-processing difficulties. To understand what was being said, Mr. Fetterman had to rely mostly on a tablet to transcribe what people were saying. 

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