Veteran US reporter Barbara Walters hospitalised
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In this Monday, April 23, 2012 photo, veteran ABC newswoman Barbara Walters arrives to the Matrix Awards in New York. Walters has fallen at an inauguration party in Washington and has been hospitalized, according to an ABC News spokesman, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The veteran American television reporter Barbara Walters has been hospitalised after falling and hitting her head, her employer ABC News said on Sunday.
"Barbara Walters fell on a stair (Saturday) evening while visiting the British Ambassador's residence and the fall left her with a cut on her forehead," ABC News senior vice-president Jeffrey Schneider said.
"Out of an abundance of caution, she went to the hospital to have her cut tended to, have a full examination and remains there for observation," he said in a statement.
"Barbara is alert - and telling everyone what to do - which we all take as a very positive sign."
