A vascular surgeon is raising alarms over Sen. Mitch McConnell's recovery, warning that his staff's claims he's continuing to work on Senate business while in rehab could amount to abuse of an elderly, frail patient. “Rehab for frailty, where you need to learn to walk and stuff again, it takes time to build up strength, is in months," Dua said. Months of exercises and constant rehab, sometimes up to three hours, four hours of rehab a day.” "If what they're saying is true, that they're working on Senate-related issues with this patient that is working on his rehab, that is atrocious," Dua said. Dua questioned whether McConnell's staff are pressuring him with unrealistic expectations rather than allowing him to rest.