K’TAKA CM SON IN HOSPITAL IN BELGIUM

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah’s office maintained that his elder son, Rakesh Siddaramaiah, who is undergoing treatment for acute pancreatitis at Antwerp University Hospital, Brussels, is recovering, but some doctors attending to him said his condition was very serious. According to the CM’s office, doctors had told members of the family that infection was contained after the treatment commenced. Quoting the doctors’ opinion, the CM’s office said infection did not spread to other parts, regarded as a positive sign. When this newspaper contacted the hospital through an Indian residing in a nearby city, a doctor attending on Rakesh in the ICU declined to share details of Rakesh’s medical case. He, however, said “I can share details of his medical condition only with his immediate family members. His ( Rakesh) condition is very critical.”