NEW DELHI, India — The Dalai Lama has undergone surgery on his left knee on Monday, his personal physician confirmed.
Dr. Tsetan D. Sadutshang, the Tibetan spiritual leader’s longtime personal physician, appeared in a video statementfrom New Delhi, where the Dalai Lama, 90, is recuperating following the procedure.
“Today, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama had a very successful knee surgery on his left knee, and his right knee was done in New York in 2024," Dr. Sadutshang said. “I am here to relay this message to all the Tibetans and devotees inside Tibet and around the world.”
It was publicly announced Thursday that the Dalai Lama would depart Friday from his home in Dharamsala, India to travel to New Delhi to “undergo medical treatment on his left knee.”





