NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama was recovering well after an operation to remove a gallstone, a spokesman said yesterday.
Earlier, the spokesman had insisted the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader was having only "routine tests" in India.
Chhime R. Chhoekyapa said the operation was a "simple routine procedure".
The Dalai Lama, 73, was sent to hospital in New Delhi on Thursday, days after a medical check-up had cleared him to resume foreign travel.
In August, he was admitted to a Mumbai hospital for tests on abdominal discomfort.
Doctors advised him to cancel a trip to Europe and rest, saying the Buddhist monk was suffering from exhaustion.
The Dalai Lama spends several months a year travelling around the world to teach Buddhism and highlight the Tibetans' struggle for greater freedom in China.
A senior doctor at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi said the 1989 Nobel peace prize winner had been admitted over a chest complaint.
"His Holiness, who was discharged from Lilawati Hospital in Mumbai on September 1, was advised to visit our hospital for follow-up checks, and he was admitted when he complained of severe abdominal pain."
The Dalai Lama had been scheduled to return to his home in exile, Dharamshala, yesterday but a spokesman said he would remain in hospital at least until today.
The Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule inTibet.
AFP
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