WASHINGTON: US Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to intensive care final week for problems from prostate most cancers surgical procedure, docs stated Tuesday (Jan 9), after he faced criticism for waiting days to inform the White House about his extended hospital stay.
The 70-year-old’s failure to reveal his hospitalization left prime officers at the hours of darkness about his standing as Washington struggles to include the fallout from the Israel-Hamas battle, which has sparked violence towards American forces in Iraq and Syria in addition to assaults on worldwide transport.
Austin’s “prostate most cancers was detected early and his prognosis is superb”, two docs from Walter Reed Nationwide Army Medical Middle stated in a press release launched by the Pentagon.
The most cancers was detected on account of routine screening and Austin underwent a minor surgical process to deal with it on Dec 22, returning residence the next day, they stated.
However he was readmitted to the identical hospital on Jan 1 resulting from problems “together with nausea with extreme stomach, hip, and leg ache. Preliminary analysis revealed a urinary tract an infection”, necessitating additional remedy.
“He continues to make progress and we anticipate a full restoration though this generally is a sluggish course of. Throughout this keep, Secretary Austin by no means misplaced consciousness and by no means underwent common anaesthesia,” the docs stated.
