CHICAGO – The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been released to a Chicago physical therapy center following gallbladder surgery and medical observation, a spokesman said Sunday.
The 79-year-old civil rights leader experienced “abdominal discomfort” on Jan. 29 and was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he underwent an undisclosed surgery, according to a late Saturday statement from Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
Jackson's longtime spokesman Frank Watkins confirmed Sunday it was gallbladder surgery. Jackson has since been released to a rehabilitation center for a “short period of exercise and therapy," because of his Parkinson’s disease, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.