US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalised for an "emergent bladder issue," according to the Pentagon [Susan Walsh/AP]

Pentagon says defence chief receiving care for ‘symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue’.


United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalised for the second time in a month, the Pentagon has announced, after an earlier hospital stay that attracted criticism for lacking transparency.

Austin, who underwent treatment for prostate cancer last year, was transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center over “symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue”, the Pentagon said in a statement on Sunday.