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Former President Pranab Mukherjee still on ventilator support, vitals remain stable

The health condition of Mukherjee had also remained unchanged on Saturday, according to the Army hospital, which had also said the former President was under intensive care and continues to be on ventilator support.

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Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo)
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Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee continues to remain on ventilator support on Sunday, Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi said, adding that his vitals are stable and being monitored by a team of specialists.

"There is no change in the condition of Pranab Mukherjee. His vitals and clinical parameters are stable and he continues to be on ventilator support. The health condition of the former president who also has multiple old co-morbidities is being closely monitored by a team of specialists," the hospital said in a statement.

The health condition of Mukherjee had also remained unchanged on Saturday, according to the Army hospital, which had also said the former President was under intensive care and continues to be on ventilator support.

Abhijit Mukherjee, son of Pranab Mukherjee, said today that his father`s health condition is "much better and stable".

He informed that he had visited his father on Saturday, and had found out that he is responding to treatment and expressed the belief that "he will be back among us soon."

Mukherjee, 84, was admitted to Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantt for emergency surgery of brain clot. Later he also tested positive for COVID-19. 

was admitted on Monday morning after testing positive for COVID-19, sources said on Tuesday.

"On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID-19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for COVID-19," Mukherjee had tweeted last week.

 

(With ANI inputs)

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