Mother Teresa Breaks Collarbone
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CALCUTTA — Mother Teresa was hospitalized Monday after breaking her left collarbone in a fall at her Missionaries of Charity headquarters.
The 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate was under observation at Calcutta’s Woodlands Nursing Home. She suffered the injury Sunday night when she fell off a bed, S.K. Sen, medical director of the hospital, said without providing additional details.
“The fracture had been dealt with, and her condition is now stable,” Sen said. She is expected to be released today, said Asim Bardhan, the attending physician.
For decades, Mother Teresa has run missions for poor people and orphans.
The fall forced her to cancel plans to travel to Calcutta airport Monday to accept $12 million in medical supplies, toys and garments donated by Heart to Heart International, a nonprofit relief organization based in Olathe, Kan.
Instead, three representatives accepted 50 tons of supplies that will be used by Missionaries of Charity and other health care facilities in Calcutta.
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