--- title: Steve Scalise Back in Intensive Care Weeks After Shooting description: The House Majority Whip was readmitted to intensive care over concerns for infection, according to the hospital where he's being treated canonical: https://time.com/4846569/steve-scalise-intensive-care-shooting/ author: Kevin Lui article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-06T03:11:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:26:55.436Z article:section: Politics og:title: Congressman Steve Scalise Is Back in Intensive Care og:description: Scalise has been in hospital since he was shot at a baseball practice last month og:url: https://time.com/4846569/steve-scalise-intensive-care-shooting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbccf769a877a275c/6988d498ab6d7764f36aed9c/gettyimages-629334552.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Congressman Steve Scalise Is Back in Intensive Care twitter:description: Scalise has been in hospital since he was shot at a baseball practice last month twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbccf769a877a275c/6988d498ab6d7764f36aed9c/gettyimages-629334552.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Congressman Steve Scalise Has Been Readmitted to Intensive Care by [Kevin Lui](https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Jul 6, 2017 3:11 AM UTC  U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise speaks to the media after a meeting at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 12, 2016. U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise speaks to the media after a meeting at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 12, 2016.Spencer Platt—Getty Images by [Kevin Lui](https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Jul 6, 2017 3:11 AM UTC House Majority Whip [Steve Scalise](http://time.com/4817928/steve-scalise-congressional-baseball-game-biography/) of Louisiana, who was [shot last month](http://time.com/4817777/alexandria-shooting-steve-scalise/) during a Congressional baseball practice, has been readmitted to the intensive care unit and is in a “serious” condition. “Congressman Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit … due to new concerns for infection,” the Medstar Washington Hospital, where Scalise is being treated,[ announced](https://www.medstarwashington.org/news/2017/07/05/condition-update-rep-steve-scalise-progress/#q={}) late Wednesday. Scalise [was shot](http://time.com/4817777/alexandria-shooting-steve-scalise/) three weeks ago after a gunman opened fire on a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, where he and other GOP lawmakers [were practicing](http://time.com/4817777/alexandria-shooting-steve-scalise/) for an [annual Congressional charity baseball game](http://time.com/4817863/steve-scalise-congressional-baseball-game/). A total of five people, including Scalise, were injured. The [66-year-old gunman](http://time.com/4818165/steve-scalise-shooting-suspect-james-hodgkinson/), a business owner of Illinois, died in hospital from his injuries after having exchanged fire with law enforcement. Scalise was shot in his left hip, and the bullet caused some damage to his internal organs. His condition [had been upgraded](http://time.com/4826805/steve-scalise-condition-update-2/) from “serious” to “fair” late last month following surgery. The hospital said that it will provide a further update on Scalise’s condition on Thursday. 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