Margaret Thatcher returns home from hospital

Published 5:43 am Monday, June 29, 2009

LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has returned home following a two-week stay in the hospital after she fell and broke her left arm.

The 82-year-old Thatcher, who suffers from dementia, waved to reporters today with her right arm. The other arm remains in a sling. She did not make any comments before being escorted inside.

Thatcher had a pin surgically inserted into her upper left arm following her June 12 hospitalization.

She was Britain’s first female prime minister and served three terms from 1979 to 1990. She has suffered deteriorating health in recent years, particularly from a series of minor strokes.