Atal Bihari Vajpayee Health LIVE Updates: AIIMS Says Ex-PM Still Critical; Modi Cabinet, CMs Line Up
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Health LIVE Updates: AIIMS Says Ex-PM Still Critical; Modi Cabinet, CMs Line Up
Atal Bihari Vajpayee health updates live : There is no change in former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s health and he continues to be critical, AIIMS has said in its latest health bulletin. India is praying for Vajpayee with ‘havans’ being conducted in his hometown Gwalior and Lucknow, the constituency he represented. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may pay a second visit to Atal Bihari Vajpayee at AIIMS. Since morning BJP veteran LK Advani, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, BJP chief Amit Shah and other Union ministers have been visiting the hospital. The next one hour is said to be “crucial” for the party patriarch. AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria will brief the Prime Minister’s Office shortly after a team doctors completes the examination of Atal Bihari Vajpayee who is suffering from kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion. Karuna Shukla, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece, will leave from Raipur for Delhi at 11am and head straight to AIIMS. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is taking a 2:50pm flight to Delhi to see Vajpayee, while Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are expected to reach the All India Institute of Medical Sciences later. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was admitted to the hospital on June 11. A diabetic, Atal Bihari Vajpayee has only one functional kidney and suffered a stroke in 2009 that weakened his cognitive abilities.
Source:news18.com