New Jersey Rep. Donald Norcross is facing an extended hospitalization following a serious medical emergency, his office announced. The Democrat, who represents the state’s 1st District, is currently in intensive care at Cooper University Hospital in Camden.
Norcross, 66, suffered a medical event earlier this month while traveling in North Carolina.
“Norcross was on a flight to New Jersey from Florida last weekend when he began to feel unwell, and the plane was diverted to North Carolina so that the 66-year-old congressman could be hospitalized,” the New Jersey Globe reported.
He was ultimately transferred to Cooper University Hospital in his home state on April 7, according to his own office.
The congressman was diagnosed with cholangitis, a gallbladder infection, which progressed into sepsis, a life-threatening
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