Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky fell down some stairs at the Capitol on Wednesday. Reports indicated that after his fall, the 82-year-old former Senate Majority Leader was helped away by other senators.

A survivor of childhood polio, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s frailty has been the subject of private conversations in the Senate for many months.

Medical staff with a wheelchair were reportedly called to assist the senator after his fall. Republican Sen. John Barrasso, the new Senate GOP whip, told the Daily Mail that McConnell “is fine.” McConnell was “cleared to resume his schedule,” his office said at the time.