India, Nov. 12 -- Former President Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain.

The Carter Center said in a statement that the brain pressure was triggered by bleeding due to Carter's multiple falls recently.

The procedure at Emory University Hospital is scheduled for Tuesday morning. Carter is resting comfortably, and his wife Rosalynn is with him, the Carter Center added.

The 95-year-old Democrat is the longest living President in the United States. As the 39th president, Carter served the country from 1977 to 1981.

Carter, who is ranked as an average president, received more positive evaluations since leaving the White House.

In 1982, he established the Carter Center to promote and expand hu...