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Naresh Chandra, India's former ambassador to US, dies at 82 in Goa

Naresh Chandra died due to multiple organ failure

Naresh Chandra, India's former ambassador to US, dies at 82 in Goa
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Chandra had served as the Cabinet Secretary from 1990-92 and was the Indian Ambassador to the US from 1996 to 2001.

Press Trust of India
Former Indian Ambassador to the US Naresh Chandra died at a private hospital in Goa last night due to multiple organ failure. He was 82.

"He was admitted to the hospital on Friday evening with complaints of fever and with myalgia (muscle pain) for three days followed with multiple episodes of vomiting and loose stools from the afternoon onwards," Shekhar Salkar, chief of clinical services at Manipal Hospital, Goa told PTI.
 
Chandra was then shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where he suffered from a cardiac arrest at 10.15 pm on Friday, he said.
 
"On admission, his blood pressure