'Whitey' Bulger Examined Briefly at Boston Hospital

Mobster  was returned to his segregated unit at the Plymouth County House of Correction after a brief hospital examination last week, the Boston Globe reported Wednesday evening. 

It was unclear why Bulger visited the Boston hospital last Thursday, but the visit was short—he was reportedly returned to his jail cell the same day. 

The 81-year-old mobster hid out in Santa Monica for years . The former head of Boston's notorious Winter Hill Gang and FBI informant from South Boston disappeared in the mid-1990s and became one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives.

According to the Globe: 

While he has always been a physical fitness buff, Bulger has suffered from a common ailment for decades that prompts him to take Atenolol, a beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure and improve blood flow to the heart.

In the past, Bulger reportedly purchased medication across the border in Mexico. More recently, however, his girlfriend Catherine Greig—charged with harboring Bulger—bought Atenolol at a pharmacy near their 

Read the full story of Bulger's short hospital visit at bostonglobe.com.