Dalai Lama 'doing fine' in hospital

Doctors looking after the Dalai Lama in India say there is no cause for concern after he was admitted to hospital, according …

Doctors looking after the Dalai Lama in India say there is no cause for concern after he was admitted to hospital, according to one of his aides.

"He is doing fine. He is undergoing some checkups," Chhime Chhoekyapa, a senior aide to the exiled spiritual Tibetan leader said today.

The 73-year-old Dalai Lama was admitted to a hospital in Bombay yesterday with "abdominal discomfort". He had cancelled two foreign trips after complaining of fatigue.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner had returned to Dharamsala, the north Indian town where he lives, on Sunday after a two-week visit to France mainly to give lectures on Buddhism, but during which he also criticised Chinese policies in Tibet.

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China's crackdown on protests in Tibet in March drew widespread criticism in the international community.

China accused the Dalai Lama and his allies of orchestrating the protests and of trying to derail the Beijing Olympic Games. He denied the allegations, saying that he supported the Olympics and that the Chinese people deserved to host them.

Reuters