Mishra needs immediate hospitalisation

Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Minister Kapil Mishra has been advised for hospitalisation by the team of doctors who examined him on Friday. Mishra, who was recently removed the party, had been sitting on a hunger strike for the last two days.

Doctors at Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital who examined Mishra in his Civil Lines home said that he required urgent medical aid. "His blood sugar level has dropped to 81 mg/dL and intravenous fluids need to be started immediately. His pulse is low. He is going into dehydration because of poor salt intake. We have thus advised hospitalisation," said Dr Javed Salam, of the Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital, who examined him.

Mishra, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, is demanding that AAP divulge details of foreign tours undertaken by the five leaders of the party. AAP has, in turn, accused him of following a script penned by the BJP.

Doctors added that Mishra may also be suffering from heat exhaustion, not just because of the rising mercury levels in the Capital but also because he was being surrounded by many people radiating body heat. "Mishra, however, has refused to get admitted," Salam said.