Dalai Lama taken to hospital
2008-08-28 16:45
New Delhi - The Dalai Lama, the exiled
Tibetan spiritual leader, was admitted to a hospital in India
with "abdominal discomfort", but there was no cause for concern,
doctors said on Thursday.
The leader, who cancelled two foreign trips after
he complained of fatigue was "cheerful" after reaching the
hospital in Mumbai, a hospital spokesperson said.
"He has just been admitted for abdominal discomfort,
investigation will commence tomorrow morning (Friday) and there is no
cause for concern," Mohan Rajan, the spokesperson, said from
Mumbai.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner returned to Dharamsala, the
north Indian town where Tibet's self-proclaimed
government-in-exile is based, on Sunday after a two-week visit
to France.
The visit focused mainly on lectures on Buddhism, but
during it he also criticised Chinese policies in Tibet.
On Wednesday an aide told Reuters the 73-year-old was due
to travel to Mumbai, India's financial centre, to undergo
"routine medical tests" in hospital.
- Reuters