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Former US President Jimmy Carter cancels medical treatment
Former US President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care following a series of brief hospital treatments.
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After several hospital treatments, Jimmy Carter has entered hospice care. (Archive recording from 2015)
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Carter decided to “spend the rest of his time with his family and receive hospice care in lieu of additional medical intervention.” (Archive recording from 2015)
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Carter is the oldest living former US President. (archive recording from 2021)
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The Democrat was the 39th President of the United States from January 1977 to January 1981. (archive recording from 1978)
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The former US president is now receiving palliative care instead of medical procedures.
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This following several short stays in hospital.
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Carter wants to spend the rest of his time at home with his family.
Elderly former US President Jimmy Carter is going home palliative care. “After a series of brief hospital stays, the former US President decided today to spend the remaining time at home with his family,” the non-governmental organization he founded, the Carter Center, said on Twitter. Carter is receiving palliative care instead of additional medical procedures.
The 98 year old Democrat was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. In 1982, Carter founded his non-governmental organization, the Carter Center, which works, among other things, for peaceful conflict resolution around the world. In 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is the oldest living former US President and lives with his wife Rosalynn in Plains, Georgia.
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(DPA/AFP/bre)
