the Dalai Lama has been hospitalized in a hospital in New Delhi, India, with an infection in the chest, writes the Associated Press.

Spokesman Tenzin Taklha reports that the Dalai Lama gets the medicine and is expected to spend a few days in a hospital bed.

Takhla said that the 83-year-old spiritual leader have already got it much better.

the Dalai Lama flew on Tuesday to the indian capital to consult with doctors.

He found himself in the north indian town of Dharmsala, which has been his headquarters since he fled Tibet in 1959 after a revolt against chinese rule.