Rehnquist Returns to Bench After Weekend Hospitalization (USATODAY.com)
Posted 3/28/2005 7:48 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, ailing with thyroid cancer, went to the hospital over the weekend after experiencing breathing problems but returned to the bench Monday.
Rehnquist, 80, was taken by ambulance Sunday to Arlington Hospital in suburban Virginia after developing a problem with the tracheotomy tube that helps him breathe. He was treated on an outpatient basis, said Ed Turner, the court's deputy spokesman.
No other details were provided.
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