The US Secretary of Defense was discharged from the hospital after surgery due to prostate cancer.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returns to work at the Pentagon after a health problem. Bloomberg reports this.
It is noted that Austin returned to work on Thursday “after briefly working from home to recover from his latest hospitalization.”
“Austin was released from the hospital on Tuesday after a procedure related to a bladder problem,” the newspaper writes.
The outlet writes that Austin was being treated for a bladder problem that “was resolved through non-surgical procedures.” Doctors said the problem was related to surgery for prostate cancer.
Lloyd Austin disease
Recently, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin handed over job responsibilities to his deputy. The US Secretary of Defense was hospitalized again. According to the Pentagon – with symptoms indicating an acute bladder problem.
Department spokesman Patrick Ryder noted that the complications of the minister’s health were immediately reported to the White House, Congress and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Austin went to the hospital with classified and unclassified communications equipment. And in the end, he transferred the duties of his position to his deputy, Kathleen Gix.
previously reported that the head of the Pentagon was hospitalized. Lloyd Austin was hospitalized in Washington for treatment of symptoms consistent with an acute bladder problem.