Mitch McConnell released from physical rehab facility following fall

March 25 (UPI) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was released from a physical rehab center on Saturday, saying that his treatment from a fall is complete.

"I want to sincerely thank everyone for all the kind wishes," McConnell, 81, said in a statement, according to NBC News. "I'm happy to say I finished inpatient physical therapy earlier today and I'm glad to be home."

McConnell was hospitalized earlier this month for a concussion after he tripped and fell at a dinner event at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, D.C.

He was moved to the rehabilitation facility after a brief hospital stay.

"At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period of physical therapy at an in-patient rehabilitation facility before he returns home," McConnell's communications director, David Popp, said in a statement Monday.

"Over the course of treatment this weekend, the leader's medical team discovered that he also suffered a minor rib fracture on Wednesday, for which he is also being treated," Popp added.

At 81, McConnell is among the oldest politicians in the Senate and is the 13th longest-serving senator in history with 38 years in office.

In 2019, McConnell fractured his shoulder in a fall at his home in Kentucky.