Former President Carter hospitalized with broken pelvis after fall

[October 23, 2019]  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized with a minor pelvic fracture after a fall on Monday night, the Carter Center said on Tuesday, the second such accident this month for the nation's oldest living president.

Carter fell at his home in Plains, Georgia, the center said in a post on Twitter, but added, "he is in good spirits and is looking forward to recovering at home."

For now, he is being observed and treated at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in nearby Americus, Georgia, for observation and treatment, it said.

Carter, 95, fell at his home earlier this month and required stitches to his face, but resumed work soon after on a homebuilding project for the nonprofit group Habitat for Humanity.

In May, the Democrat broke his hip, again at his home, requiring surgery. He was hospitalized briefly in 2017 for dehydration and was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2015.

Carter, a former peanut farmer and Georgia governor, was the nation's 39th president and served one term from 1977 to 1981.

After his presidency, Carter went on to become an international fixture and a noted humanitarian. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his efforts toward finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts, advancing democracy and human rights, and promoting economic and social development.

Former USA president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter in attendance at the game between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks at State Farm Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

He and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Carter Center in 1982 to carry on their international and humanitarian work.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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