Ginsburg discharged after treatment for 3 broken ribs

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from the hospital Friday after treatment for three broken ribs suffered in a fall at her office Wednesday evening.

“She is doing well and plans to work from home today,” said Kathleen Arberg, a spokeswoman for the court.

If history is any guide, Ginsburg will be on the bench at the next sitting of the Supreme Court, which begins Nov. 26.

In 2012, she broke two ribs without missing work. Two years later, she returned to work quickly after undergoing a heart procedure.

She has had cancer twice, and has attributed her survival partly to the medical care she received at the National Institutes of Health.

“Ever since my colorectal cancer in 1999, I have been followed by the NIH,” she said in a 2013 interview. “That was very lucky for me because they detected my pancreatic cancer at a very early stage” in 2009.

Ginsburg was back on the bench less than three weeks after undergoing the second cancer surgery.

After her fall Wednesday night, Ginsburg returned home but experienced discomfort during the night. She was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on Thursday.

Ginsburg, 85, is the senior member of the court’s four-member liberal wing. She has repeatedly vowed to stay on the court as long as her health holds and she stays mentally sharp. In a 2013 interview, she said she loved her work and intended to continue “as long as I can do the job full-steam, and that, at my age, is not predictable.”