U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been on medical leave from Congress for more than six weeks, is now being treated at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Minnesota “ for extensive inpatient evaluation for depression and gastrointestinal issues.”
The latest version of Jackson’s malady came from a statement released by the famed clinic on behalf of the South Side Democrat.
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The new information was released late Friday, after the Chicago Sun-Times reported exclusively that Jackson had been transferred to the Mayo Clinic, which bills itself as a “worldwide leader in medical care, research and education for people from all walks of life.”
It is ranked as one of the nation’s top psychiatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
Sources told the Sun-Times that Jackson, 46, had been receiving treatment in Tucson, Ariz., before being flown by private plane Wednesday night to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Read more at The Chicago Sun-Times.
