Governor McAuliffe Hospitalized

Governor McAuliffe has been hospitalized in Richmond due to a fall he suffered when riding horses last month in Africa. [read_more] The Governor was visiting a daughter in Zambia and on safari in Tanzania when the accident occurred. He broke seven ribs in the fall. Doctors thought the breaks would heal on their own but the Governor was experiencing an increase in fluid around his lungs today. He was admitted to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond to remove the fluid.  He will spend the night in the hospital and should recover over the next few days.

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