Senator John Fetterman leaves hospital with depression ‘in remission’

Pennsylvania lawmaker will return to Senate by mid-April after spending six weeks in treatment, saying care ‘changed my life’

John Fetterman has left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after six weeks of inpatient treatment for clinical depression, with plans to return to the Senate when the chamber resumes session in mid-April, his office said on Friday.

In a statement, Fetterman’s office said he is back home in Braddock, in western Pennsylvania, with his depression “in remission”, and gave details on his treatment – including that his depression was treated with medication and that he is wearing hearing aids for hearing loss.