Pranab Mukherjee still in deep coma, ventilator support: Army Hospital

Former president Mukherjee is being treated for lung infection and renal dysfunction

Pranab Mukherjee
Former president of India Pranab Mukherjee.
Press Trust of India New Delhi
1 min read Last Updated : Aug 27 2020 | 1:22 PM IST

Former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in a deep coma and on ventilator support, the hospital where he is admitted said on Thursday.

According to the doctors treating 84-year-old Mukherjee, he is haemodynamically stable.

Doctors say a patient is haemodynamically stable when the blood circulation parameters - blood pressure, heart and pulse rate, are stable and normal.

Mukherjee was admitted to the Army's Research and Referral Hospital on August 10 and was operated for removal of a clot in the brain. He was also tested positive for COVID-19. He later developed a lung infection.

"Shri Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in a deep coma and on ventilator support. He is being treated for lung infection and renal dysfunction. He is haemodynamically stable," a statement from the hospital said.

Mukherjee was the 13th President of India from 2012 to 2017.

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First Published: Aug 27 2020 | 1:20 PM IST

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