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Treasury Secretary Geithner in Hospital for Surgery to Remove Kidney Stone

Enlarge image U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

U.S. treasury secretary Timothy Geithner.

U.S. treasury secretary Timothy Geithner. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was hospitalized today in Washington to have surgery to remove a kidney stone. Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner was hospitalized today to have surgery to remove a kidney stone.

Geithner “was admitted to George Washington University Hospital this morning for treatment of a kidney stone,” Treasury spokesman Steve Adamske said in a statement. “He will have a minor surgical procedure this afternoon to remove the kidney stone, and his physician expects that he will be discharged tomorrow with orders to rest this weekend. He has been told that he should expect to be able to return to work on Monday.”

To contact the reporters on this story: Ian Katz in Washington at ikatz2@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Christopher Wellisz at cwellisz@bloomberg.net

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