Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital on Jan. 15, according to military officials.
Mr. Austin, 70, will continue his recovery at home and work remotely, the U.S. Department of Defense said in a statement.
Dr. John Maddox and Dr. Gregory Chesnut, the defense secretary’s doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, said that Mr. Austin’s “strength is rebounding.”
“He underwent a series of medical tests and evaluations and received non-surgical care during his stay to address his medical needs, to include resolving some lingering leg pains. He was discharged home with planned physical therapy and regular follow up. The secretary is expected to make a full recovery,” Dr. Maddox, trauma medical director at the center, and Dr. Chesnut, director of the Center for Prostate Disease Research at Walter Reed’s Murtha Cancer Center, said in a joint statement….