Pranab tests +ve before brain surgery
■ Surgery for clot removal successful ■ Ex-Prez ‘critical, on ventilator’
Former President Pranab Mukherjee tested positive for coronavirus Monday before he underwent brain surgery at the Army's Research and Referral (R&R) hospital for removal of a clot.
He tested positive for Covid-19 prior to the surgery.
Mr Mukherjee, who had been unwell, was admitted to Delhi’s R&R for a brain surgery in the afternoon. “Former
President Pranab Mukherjee underwent a successful brain surgery for the removal of a clot at the Army's R&R hospital. He is critical and is on ventilator support,” the sources added.
“He is critical and is on ventilator support,” the sources also said.
Mr Mukherjee, 84, said in a tweet in the morning, “On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for Covid-19.”
Defence minister Rajnath Singh visited the R&R Hospital and enquired about the former President's health.
Mr Singh was at the hospital for around 20 minutes.
India’s overall Covid-19 infections reached 22,15,074, with 62,064 fresh cases on Monday. And in a day, India reported 1,007 deaths, taking its fatality count to 44,386, the health ministry said.
India’s Covid-19 recoveries crossed 1.5 million Monday after 15,35,743 patients were fully cured, including 54,859 in the past 24 hours. The recovery rate is now almost 70 per cent.