document: Actress Elizabeth Taylor , hospitalized with pneumonia , was listed as stable Thursday at St. John 's Hospital and Health Center , her publicist said . `` She 's stable . She 's OK . We have nothing else , '' said Lisa Del Favaro , a Taylor spokeswoman with Chen Sam and Associates public relations in New York City . Inquiries to the hospital were referred to Chen Sam . Miss Taylor , 58 , hospitalized with a sinus infection April 9 at Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital , was transferred to St. John 's on Monday because of a persistent fever and pneumonia . `` She is currently being treated intravenously with antibiotics and will remain hospitalized , '' Dr. Patricia Murray , an infectious disease specialist treating Miss Taylor , said in a statement Tuesday . Miss Taylor said in the statement : `` I have been advised by my physician to remain hospitalized and I expect to make a full recovery . '' The actress had a nearly fatal bout of pneumonia in 1961 , the year she won an Oscar for `` Butterfield 8 . '' Doctors performed a tracheotomy _ inserting an air tube in her windpipe at the neck _ to help her breathe . Miss Taylor 's health problems started with a fall from a horse when she was 13 and filming the movie `` National Velvet . '' She has had back problems ever since . In 1983 , she acknowledged a 35-year addiction to sleeping pills and pain killers prescribed for a wide range of health problems . Miss Taylor has been treated for alcohol and drug abuse at the Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage .
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abstractive_keyphrases: st. john's hospital