ATLANTA — Former Atlanta mayor and Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young is currently being monitored in the hospital.
An ambulance was called to the former ambassador’s home today for a distress call.
Staff at Grady Memorial Hospital have conducted tests and have appeared to rule out a stroke.
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Young, 92, was taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to his family. They say he is now “joking with staff and doing well.”
“Ambassador Andrew Young was recently transported to the hospital as a precaution. He is now joking with the staff and doing well. His family kindly requests privacy during this time and appreciates your thoughts and prayers,” the Young family wrote in a statement.
The former ambassador will be kept overnight for hospital staff to monitor him.
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Young’s most recent public appearance was last week when he spoke at the National Funeral Service for former President Jimmy Carter.
During the service, he described former President Carter as a friend who was a blessing to the country.
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