Nursing supervisors at the hospital confirmed that the politically
prominent
Cuban-American leader was hospitalized, but declined to give details on
his condition.
A nurse who answered the phone at the intensive care unit's nurse's station said Mas Canosa was there.
Family members at the hospital declined to comment.
Hank Adorno, Mas Canosa's longtime attorney, said Mas Canosa, 58, was hospitalized because of complications from medication he was taking, and that he was not in serious condition.
In May, Mas Canosa disclosed that he learned in December that he had Paget's disease, a condition that damages the bones but does not endanger life.
Mas Canosa said his doctors were treating him with Aredia, the brand name for one of the latest and strongest medications against the disease, which is generally prescribed for patients with moderate to severe cases of Paget's.
Paget's disease affects mainly the long bones of the legs, the pelvis, the vertebrae and the cranium. While some patients develop no symptoms, others suffer intense pain.
Mas Canosa has not been seen in public recently as he battles the disease.
When reports surfaced recently of mismanagement of a paving contract between Metro-Dade and Church & Tower of Florida, one of the Mas family businesses, it was left to Jorge Mas Jr. to defend the company on Spanish-language radio.
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