Former US President Jimmy Carter receives palliative care

Former US President Jimmy Carter receives palliative care

Former US President Jimmy Carter | Photo: Gotfryd, Bernard| Photo:

After a series of visits and visits to the hospital, former President of the United States Jimmy Carter, 98 years old, decided to spend the last days of his life at home and receive palliative care. Carter is the longest serving American President in history.

Carter has had several short trips over the past few months, but his family has not revealed the reason for his trips to the hospital. In 2010, Carter was hospitalized after falling ill on a plane. He had melanoma that had spread to his brain since 2015, but after treatment he claimed to have beaten the cancer. In 2019, he was hospitalized after a fall and a broken rib.

The announcement of no new hospital admissions was made this Saturday by the Carter Center Institute. He is with his wife Rosalynn Carter at their home in Georgia.

Carter ruled the United States from 1977 to 1981 while the country was recovering from defeat in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. The Democrat was responsible for the Camp David peace negotiations in 1978, which resulted in a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt. When he was reelected, however, he was defeated by Ronald Reagan.

After retiring from the presidency, he devoted himself to philanthropic work, such as building housing for the poor and promoting human rights in authoritarian countries. In 2002, Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.