(Washington) US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was released on Tuesday from the hospital in the suburbs of Washington where he had been admitted two days earlier for a bladder problem, the Pentagon announced.
Lloyd Austin, whose health is under scrutiny after several secret hospitalizations for prostate cancer, “is recovering well and returned to full duty at 5 p.m.,” the Defense Department said in a statement. communicated. Mr. Austin “will recover and work remotely for a time before returning to the Pentagon later this week.”
The 70-year-old Pentagon chief was admitted to an intensive care unit on Sunday and underwent a procedure under general anesthesia. According to his doctors, this bladder problem should not influence the prognosis for treatment of his cancer which “remains excellent”.
The White House and Congress had been well informed of the minister’s state of health before his latest hospitalization, according to Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder.
The failure of Lloyd Austin and the Pentagon to inform the public or President Biden of two hospitalizations in December and January led to widespread criticism. 1er February, the Secretary of Defense apologized.