Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent non-surgical treatment Tuesday for a benign gallbladder condition, according to a press release from the Supreme Court. She plans to participate in oral arguments from the hospital on Wednesday, according to the release.
In pain on Monday, Ginsburg went to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington after hearing the first-ever Supreme Court teleconference of oral arguments. At Sibley, she was diagnosed with acute cholecystitis, a condition in which a gallstone migrates to the cystic duct. She nonetheless participated in arguments from home on Tuesday, but was in enough pain that she went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment of the infected duct later Tuesday.
Doctors not involved in Ginsburg’s care said non-surgical treatment typically involves antibiotics and insertion of a tube to drain the infected duct.
Friends said the justice was in good spirits on Tuesday night, and watching the Metropolitan Opera on her iPad.
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SOURCE: NPR, Nina Totenberg
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