Democratic US Senator Murphy hospitalised after stroke

Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy was hospitalised after suffering a stroke, the senator’s chief of staff said on Sunday.

Murphy began experiencing numbness in his arm while attending his son’s hockey game on Saturday afternoon, said Allison Herwitt, chief of staff to the Connecticut senator.

“He was taken to a local hospital, where it was discovered he had experienced a stroke. He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment,” she said in a statement.

“The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery.”