{"id":59110,"date":"2024-02-12T07:13:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T07:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/us-defence-chief-lloyd-austin-admitted-to-critical-care-unit-pentagon\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T07:13:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T07:13:05","slug":"us-defence-chief-lloyd-austin-admitted-to-critical-care-unit-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/us-defence-chief-lloyd-austin-admitted-to-critical-care-unit-pentagon\/","title":{"rendered":"US defence chief Lloyd Austin \u2018admitted to critical care unit\u2019: Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has been admitted to the critical care unit as he undergoes treatment for a bladder issue, the Pentagon said late on Sunday, in a statement citing his doctors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, after a series of tests and evaluations, the secretary was admitted into the critical care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre for supportive care and close monitoring,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Austin\u2019s hospitalisation comes weeks after it emerged that the 70-year-old had kept previous hospital stays secret and had not immediately informed US President Joe Biden of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1805122\">cancer diagnosis<\/a>, sparking criticism as the United States faces crises in the Middle East and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1796392\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Austin effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1803815\">vanished<\/a> from the public eye for treatment for prostate cancer in December and again in January after suffering complications from the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the public was alerted around two hours after he was sent to the hospital on Sunday afternoon, and Deputy Secretary of Defence Kathleen Hicks \u201cassumed the functions and duties\u201d of defence chief just before 5pm (2200 GMT), according to Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this time, it is not clear how long Secretary Austin will remain hospitalised,\u201d added the latest statement, attributed to Dr John Maddox and Dr Gregory Chesnut of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current bladder issue is not expected to change his anticipated full recovery. 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