Nixon Released From Miami Hospital, Flies Home
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NEW YORK — Former President Richard M. Nixon was released Wednesday from a Miami hospital where he was treated for a viral infection and then flew home to recuperate.
Nixon, 73, accompanied by his wife, Pat, and a bodyguard had left the Miami Heart Institute, where he was being treated for a viral infection that doctors said was worse than originally diagnosed.
He flew to New York on Wednesday evening en route to his home in Saddle River, N.J., according to police at La Guardia Airport.
Dr. Lewis Elias said the former President must restrict his activities for the next two or three weeks.
Nixon cut short a Bahamas vacation last weekend because of the flu-like illness and flew to Miami. He entered the hospital Monday.
“He is making a good recovery,” Elias said. “However, the viral infection was more severe than we originally thought, so I have had to restrict his activities for the next two to three weeks.”
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