Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is released from hospital and resumes duties
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital Tuesday after he was admitted to a critical care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center this week following hospitalization for a bladder issue.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital Tuesday after he was admitted to a critical care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center this week following hospitalization for a bladder issue.
The Defense Department said in a news release that Austin was released from the hospital in Washington in consultation with medical staff members at about 3:30 p.m. ET. Austin resumed his full duties at 5 p.m. and will work from home as he recovers, the Pentagon said.
He is expected to return to work in person later this week.
A defense official said Monday that Austin's trip this week to Brussels, where he had planned to attend meetings with NATO defense ministers and the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, was canceled. He will still take part and deliver opening remarks to the Ukraine Defense Contact Group virtually, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said at a briefing Tuesday before Austin was discharged.
In a joint statement Tuesday, Dr. John Maddox, Walter Reed's trauma medical director, and Dr. Gregory Chesnut, who directs the center for prostate disease research at the hospital's cancer center, said Austin remained in "good condition" after his hospitalization Sunday.
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