The Asian Age

Atal’s condition stable: Doctors

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

New Delhi:, The condition of 93- year- old former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who was admitted to AIIMS here with urinary tract infection, lower respirator­y tract infection and kidney issues on Monday, was stable on Tuesday, the hospital said.

The condition of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who was admitted to the AIIMS with urinary tract infection, lower respirator­y tract infection and kidney issues, is stable.

Ninety- three- yea- old former Prime Minister was admitted to the AIIMS on Monday. Medical bulletin issued by the AIIMS said, “His condition is stable. He is responding to treatment and is on injectable antibiotic­s. All his vital parameters are stable. He will continue to be in hospital till infection is controlled”.

According to well- placed source, a team of doctors

led AIIMS director Randeep Guleria evaluated his condition and he continues to remain in the ICU of the cardio- thoracic centre of AIIMS. Mr Vajpayee underwent dialysis on Monday.

Former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and H. D. Deve Gowda and Rashtriya Swayamseva­k Sangh ( RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat were prominent names who visited Mr Vajpayee on Tuesday.

Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, P. P. Choudhary, Kalraj Mishra, Vijay Goel, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti were also visited former Prime Minister. Other leaders who visited Mr Vajpayee were Lok Sabha deputy Speaker M. Thambidura­i, veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi and MDMK leader Vaiko. Sources said that vicepresid­ent M. Venkaiah Naidu enquired about Mr Vajpayee’s health.

 ?? — AP ?? BJP Yuva Morcha activists perform a “havan” outside AIIMS, New Delhi, on Tuesday the long life and quick recovery of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
— AP BJP Yuva Morcha activists perform a “havan” outside AIIMS, New Delhi, on Tuesday the long life and quick recovery of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

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