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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had surgery after a prostate cancer diagnosis, officials said Tuesday, disclosing for the first time what condition led to medical complications and his lengthy hospitalization.
Austin had prostate cancer ahead of emergency, officials disclosewww.washingtonpost.com Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization stems from complications tied to a prostate cancer diagnosis, officials said Tuesday.
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I'm so sorry to see this. But that doesn't sound like elective surgery to me.
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Well he didn't HAVETA get it treated ....
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We don't live in a Nazi medical experiment camp, if the patient is mentally sound, they can elect or deny a y medical treatment. So yeah, it's all elective if you're awake.
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Fine. But not notifying the President as a cabinet official that you’ll be out of reach in the ICU becomes, at that point, a serious problem for the government. He should resign.
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I don't agree about resigning. But that's not what I was talking about. He didn't want the public to know what he was dealing with and now the entirety of the world knows. Medical privacy is a right.
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Thats fine, but the president needs to know his Secretary of Defense is out of action
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That is a given, or one would think it is.
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No one in the military can have surgery and not tell anyone and he should be held to the same standard. He mishandled the entire situation and should resign.