The 95-year-old suffered the fall -- his second this month -- on Monday and was admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center "for observation and treatment for a minor pelvic fracture," the center said on Twitter.
Jimmy Carter hospitalized after another fall
Former US president Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized for treatment for a "minor pelvis fracture" after a fall at his home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center said Tuesday.
US President Jimmy Carter, who suffered a fall at his home in Plains, Georgia, is pictured here with First Lady Rosalynn Carter arriving at Donald Trump's inauguration January 20, 2017
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He "is in good spirits and is looking to recovering at home," it said.
Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981, injured his head October 6 in a fall at his home but turned up the next day to volunteer at a Habitat for Humanity site with a black eye and a bandage covering 14 stitches.
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