Dalai Lama is 'stable', no cause for concern: hospital

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MUMBAI (AFP) — Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is in a stable condition and there is no cause for concern over his health, the private Indian hospital to which he was admitted said Friday.

The 73-year-old spiritual leader was taken to hospital in India's financial hub on Thursday after suffering from exhaustion and complaining of "abdominal discomfort," according to his spokesman.

The hospital said he was undergoing tests.

"He is stable, there is no cause for concern," Lilavati hospital spokesman Mohan Rajan told AFP. "The tests are in progress."

"His holiness is suffering some abdominal discomfort," the Dalai Lama's spokesman Tenzin Takla added. "He is not in the intensive care unit. He is in a reserved room."

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