Republican Steve Scalise Readmitted to Intensive Care Unit in Serious Condition

House Majority Whip was shot last month while practicing for the Congressional baseball game

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is back in the intensive care unit due to “new concerns for infection,” according to a statement from his office.

His condition is now listed as serious, CNN reported Wednesday.

Scalise was shot last month while practicing for the Congressional baseball game. He sustained a single gunshot wound to his left hip and suffered “significant damage” to his blood vessels, bones and some internal organs, his doctor said last month.

His condition had improved since and he was released from MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s intensive care unit almost two weeks ago.

Authorities later identified the shooter as James T. Hodgkinson, a 66-year-old from Belleville, Illinois. He died after being wounded by police at the Alexandria, Virginia, ballpark.

Congressional staffer Zach Barth, Tyson Foods lobbyist Matt Mika and two members of the Capitol Police force, Crystal Griner and David Bailey, were also injured in the shooting.

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