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_Published 2024-01-09. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, doctors said._


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## Transcript

On December 22nd 2023 after consultation with his medical team. He was admitted to Walter Reed National military Medical Center and underwent a minimally invasive surgical procedure call the prostatectomy to treat and cure prostate cancer. He was under general anesthesia during this procedure secretary Austin recovered uneventfully from his surgery and returned home the next morning. His prostate cancer was detected early and his prognosis is excellent on January 1st, 2024. Secretary Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National military Medical Center with complications from the December 22nd procedure, including nausea with severe abdominal hip and leg pain.

initial evaluation reveal the urinary tract infection on January to the decision was made to transfer him to the ICU for close monitoring and a higher level of care further evaluation revealed abdominal fluid collections impairing the function of his small intestines this resulted in the back up of his intestinal contents, which was treated by placing a tube through his nose to drain his stomach the abdominal abdominal fluid collections were drained by non surgical drain placement. He's progressed steadily throughout his stay. His infection is cleared. He continues to make progress and we anticipate a full recovery.

Although this can be a slow process during the stay secretary Austin never lost Consciousness and never underwent general anesthesia Department concerns expressed by the public Congress and the news media in terms of notification timelines and DOD transparency, and I want to underscore again the secretary Austin has taken responsibility for the issue. Transparency and the department is taking immediate steps to improve our notification procedures yesterday. The secretaries Chief of Staff directed the dod's direction director of administration and management to conduct a 30-day review of the Department's notification process for Assumption of functions and duties of the Secretary of Defense while their reviews underway and effective immediately.

The chief of staff also directed several actions to ensure increased situational awareness about any transfer of authorities from the Secretary of Defense to include ensuring that the dod general counsel the chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff the combatant commanders the service secretaries the service chief of staff's the White House Situation Room and Senior staff of the secretary and deputy secretary of defense are all notified and that the notification for transfer of authorities includes an explanation of the reason.

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