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DHARAMSHALA, India : The Dalai Lama was taken to hospital in India on Thursday after complaining of stomach pain, his office said.
The Dalai Lama's admission to a hospital in Mumbai came a day after the Tibetan spiritual leader's office said he was suffering from exhaustion and would travel to the city for a medical check-up.
"There is nothing major to feel concerned about," his personal secretary Tenzin Taklha told AFP in the Indian hill town of Dharamshala, where the Tibetan government-in-exile is based.
"But he has been admitted to the Lilivati Hospital in Mumbai because he was feeling some discomfort in his abdomen."
"The Dalai Lama will be examined by doctors tomorrow (Friday)," he said.
The check-up is being carried out "at the recommendation of his personal physicians," Taklha said.
In 2002 the leader of Tibetan Buddhists was admitted to the Lilivati Hospital after falling ill with stomach pains. He was treated with antibiotics.
The 73-year-old spiritual leader had been pursuing a gruelling travel itinerary as he campaigned for improved human rights in Tibet while China readied to host the Olympic Games in Beijing that ended on August 24.
The Nobel peace prize winner returned last weekend from France where he met Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, human rights minister Rama Yade and first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
Violent protests against Chinese rule broke out across Tibet in March, sparking a heavy Chinese crackdown on the Himalayan region that has drawn global condemnation. - AFP/de
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