excellent care. for more now let s go to our chief medical correspondent, sanjay gupta. he is still in the hospital, we understand. what are we supposed to make of this? he went in on tuesday. i ve spoken to members of his staff and also to his doctors. he was not feeling well all day tuesday. he was in california for an event related to his foundation, was not feeling well, was taken to the hospital, university of california irvine. at that point was tested. as you mentioned, not covid-related. also seemingly not related to his heart. he s had heart surgery, as you know, in the past, including a heart operation in 2004 and a stent in 2010. what they think is going on with the former president now is a blood infection. sometimes known as sepsis. what they are saying is he is responding well to antibiotics, he s been increasingly mobile, able to get up and around. he was joking with hospital staff, seems to be in good spirits. they say they ll continue those antibiotics at l
okay? cnn has learned the former president was admitted to the hospital on tuesday after he wasn t feeling well all day. and then doctors say that clinton is in the icu for privacy and for safety not because he needs intensive care. and they re stressing here his hospitalization is not is not covid related nor is it heart related. and the reason i m telling you about the heart not heart related is because the former president had quadruple bypass heart surgery, this is back in 2004, had two stents inserted to open one artery that was back in 2010. let s bring in cnn s chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta following this story for us, speaking to his sources and people inside the clinton camp as well. hello, sanjay. you ve been talking to the president s doctors, as a matter of fact. what are you learning? well, as you point out president clinton was there in california for a foundation event, wasn t feeling well on tuesday. specifically just said he was feeling f
In the hospital, he is. but they say it s a uniinary tract infection. it turned into a blood infection. they re treating with antibiotics. he s in the icu mainly to keep him in a private setting and keep him monitored and give him a higher level of care and they re hoping he gets out soon. with that let s go to more coverage with the big star d. lemon. i ll let you go. see you soon. love you, have a good evening, sir. this is don lemon tonight. thank you for joining us. we re going to have more on our breaking news now, and that is the former president bill clinton has been admitted to the university medical irvine center. a urinary tract infection spread to his bloodstream. a urinary tract infection spreading to his bloodstream. now, this is what a former spokesman for the president is saying and i quote here, he s on the mend and in good spirits,