Nation IN BRIEF : GEORGIA : Abernathy Treated in Cardiac Unit
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, 63, key associate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, was hospitalized in Atlanta for a sodium imbalance, his doctor said. He was in fair condition in the cardiac unit at Crawford Long Hospital of Emory University. Though Abernathy’s heartbeat was being monitored, he was not suffering from a heart problem, the doctor said.
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