NANCY REAGAN HOSPITALISED

NANCY REAGAN HOSPITALISED

Former U.S. First Lady NANCY REAGAN is receiving treatment in hospital after falling at her home in Bel-Air, California on Sunday (17Feb08). The 86-year-old widow of President Ronald Reagan is recuperating at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, where she is doing well, according to her spokeswoman Joanne Drake. Drake says, "She's joking and visiting in her room." Doctors initially feared Reagan had broken a hip, but have now ruled this out. She spent Sunday night at the medical centre as a precaution and is expected to be discharged on Monday (18Feb08). Ronald Reagan died in 2004, following a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease.