Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin hospitalised

Bloomberg :
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted into care late Sunday with an apparent bladder issue, after being hospitalized for the second time in a month.
His security detail brought him to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington with “symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue,” Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a statement. Austin, who in January had been in for treatment for complications from prostate cancer, was moved “for supportive care and close monitoring,” according to a statement from Walter Reed physicians.
“At this time, it is not clear how long Secretary Austin will remain hospitalised,” the physicians said. “The current bladder issue is not expected to change his anticipated full recovery.”
The Pentagon chief has transferred the functions and duties of the office to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, according to a statement from the Pentagon. The White House and Congress were notified.
The fresh health scare comes weeks after Austin provoked an uproar for failing to disclose for several days that he’d been hospitalized on New Year’s Day for complications from prostate-cancer surgery.