Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS on Monday
Former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on Monday is stable, AIIMS has said in a statement.
Vajpayee (93) was admitted with urinary tract infection, lower respiratory tract infection and impaired kidney function. He has been put on dialysis. In a statement, 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”. A team of doctors, under the supervision of AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, evaluated his condition. He continues to remain in the ICU of the cardio-thoracic centre of AIIMS.
The entire corridor of the first-floor ICU has been cordoned off and only patients’ attendants or relatives are being allowed after showing proof. Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey, former Union Minister Kalraj Mishra and Minister of State for Law P P Choudhary visited Vajpayee. On Monday health minister J P Nadda had said that the former PM is in AIIMS “for a routine checkup”. Among his visitors on Monday was prime minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
Modi met the doctors and enquired about the well-being of Vajpayee. He also met his family members, according to an official statement issued yesterday. BJP veteran L K Advani, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, party chief Amit Shah, Health Minister J P Nadda, Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan and MoS Parliamentary affairs Vijay Goel also visited Vajpayee in the hospital. The BJP, yesterday, said in a statement that Shah had a detailed discussion with the doctors about Vajpayee’s treatment and also met the former prime minister’s family members at the hospital.
Vajpayee was thrice elected the prime minister between 1996 and 1999 and is the only non-Congress prime minister to complete the full term of five years, from 1999 to 2004. As his health deteriorated, he had slowly withdrawn himself from public life and was confined to his residence for years.
