doctors discovered a blood clot formed stemming from the concussion she sustained several weeks ago. she s being treated with anti-coagulants she s at new york presbyterian hospital to monitor the medication over the next 48 hours. her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion. they will determine if any further action is required. so we just got that from our producer at the state department and phillip rains at state confirming what we said a few moments ago, that the secretary of state, who we know had been working from home or at least reportedly working from home after she became severely dehydrated, fell and suffered a concussion. now is being treated for a blood clot at new york presbyterian hospital. would you expect something from the white house tonight, kristin? reporter: well, we certainly have put out e-mails to the white house. i haven t heard anything back yet. they are likely still processing this information
with her department said she was at home, he was resting, she was getting medical care, she was being monitored by doctors. as you ll recall, chris, she wasn t able to testify on the incident in benghazi as she was initially scheduled to. she also, because of her health, wasn t able to attend the president s announcement of her replacement, senator john kerry. she has been out of the picture for quite some time. after the kerry announcement she released a statement, praising the choice, john kerry was the right decision. but still she has been in a state of recovery for quite some time. let me interrupt you for a second. we did get a statement now from phillip rains at state department, kristin. i want to read it for folks so that they know the absolute latest. sorry for the intrusion on your sunday night, but we want to update you on the secretary s health. following statement is on the record. in the course of a follow-up exam today, secretary clinton s
special coverage of the fiscal cliff negotiations. but we wanted to tell you, once again, secretary of state hillary clinton has been hospitalized. that being confirmed this hour by phillipe rhines at the state department. in the course of a follow-up exam today, secretary clinton s doctors discovered a blood clot formed stemming from the concussion she sustained several weeks ago. she s being treated with anti-coagulants at new york presbyterian hospital so they can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours. her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues that may be associated with the concussion and then determine if further action is required. you may remember that she had a severe stomach virus and became severely dehydrated, and then we learned, in the middle of december, that after she canceled an overseas trip, that
it is 8:00 on east coast. a lot to tell you about the fiscal cliff. first, breaking news. we just got this from the associated press. secretary of state hillary clinton has been admitted to the hospital with a blood clot. following that concussion, you ll remember, she suffered a concussion after becoming severely dehydrated and she fell earlier this month. we should say, nbc news has not confirmed this report. let s go to nbc s kristin welker, who is at the white house. my understanding was, kristin, she had been expected to go back to work soon. reporter: that was our understanding. secretary of state, officials with the department, essentially saying that she was getting better, they expected her to return to work soon. of course, we learned about the fact that she was not feeling well, that she was ill, she had the flu a couple of weeks ago, and then a couple days after that, we learned that she became dehydrated, fell, suffered a concussion, as you said. at that point in time, o
sure they don t have a blood clot in the brain and i m presuming this happened in the case. we would have heard about it if she had. other standard treatments for blood clots. surgically, in a big hurry, if necessary if it was dangerous, life-threatening situation, that could be done the fact they re treating it with blood thins are indicates it s less serious. do you have an idea, her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion? what other issues would typically be associated with a concussion that doctors look for? make sure that someone s cognitively intact, there s nothing wrong with someone s memory, ability to speak, any kind of paralysis. we re not we want to be careful here. we re not saying people at state department had been suggesting she d be going back to, work she was doing well, recovering well and it was a routine checkup.