US Secretary of State leaves hospital

US Secretary of State John Kerry is out of hospital, nearly two weeks after breaking his right thigh in a bicycling accident in France.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has left a Boston hospital, nearly two weeks after breaking his right thigh in a bicycling accident in the French Alps.

Kerry was helicoptered to a hospital on May 31 across the Swiss border to Geneva and later flown to Boston, where he remained at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Kerry will continue recovering at his Boston home, State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said on Friday.

While hospitalised, Kerry has been in touch with staff by telephone and email, Rathke said: "He's been engaged with his team."

Kerry's chief of staff was in Boston to assist with State Department business.

Dr Dennis Burke, Kerry's orthopaedic surgeon, said the former senator has had "an uncomplicated recovery" from surgery to repair a broken femur.

Kerry is walking independently on crutches "and working hard with physical therapy toward a full recovery, which we anticipate will occur in several months' time," Burke said.

The femur is the largest bone in the body.


Share

1 min read

Published

Updated

Source: AAP



Share this with family and friends


Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Download our apps
SBS News
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world