Country’s most respected politician and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee‘s health condition has deteriorated severely since Tuesday and he has been kept on life support system. Ailing with age-related issues and multiple organs failure, the Bharat Ratna Awardee is admitted in the neuro-cardiac department of AIIMS in New Delhi.
AIIMS on Thursday released a statement which said that the condition of Atal Bihari Vajpayee is still critical and there is no improvement.
Earlier on Wednesday, the AIIMS’s statement said that the BJP stalwart is suffering from kidney tract infection and chest congestion. He is also a diabetic patient. In addition, his urine output is on the lower side. The hospital had also said that former PM is extremely critical and it is difficult to retrieve him.
Vajpayee, now 93, has been admitted in the hospital for the last nine weeks and is undergoing a treatment. He is under the supervision of Dr Randeep Guleria, a pulmonologist and currently the Director of AIIMS. Guleria has served as personal physician to Vajpayee for over three decades.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited him late on Wednesday evening. Also, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu too visited the hospital and enquired about Vajpayee’s health. It is also known that other prominent Union Ministers like Piyush Goyal, Smriti Irani, Rajnath Singh, Suresh Prabhu J P Nadda, Mahesh Sharma, BJP president Amit Shah and BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi visited him.
Praying for his speedy recovery, senior party leaders from opposition too visited him. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the hospital on Thursday morning. Other than Banerjee, senior leaders from Congress have prayed for Vajpayee’s speedy recovery.
Sharing his thoughts, Congress’ Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter and wrote:
RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav wrote:
EAM Sushma Swaraj and Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh paid a visit to the hospital.
Other leaders like PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti, NC’s Omar Abdullah, AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Punjab CM Amarinder Singh expressed their concern and prayed for Vajpayee’s speedy recovery.