Carter up for surgery to relieve brain pressure

WASHINGTON—FORMER US President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized on Monday for a procedure to relieve brain pressure, The Carter Center said in a statement. The 95-year-old “was admitted to Emory University Hospital this evening for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to his recent falls,” The Carter Center said. Carter was hospitalized for treatment after suffering a fractured pelvis due to a fall in October. President from 1977 to 1981, he also injured his head in a fall earlier in the month, but turned up to volunteer at a habitat for humanity site with a black eye and a bandage covering 14 stitches.