Vajpayee's health continues to remain critical, on life support: AIIMS

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's condition continues to remain critical, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said in a statement on Thursday. Vajpayee's health worsened on Wednesday and he is on life support system.

"Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's condition continues to remain the same. He is critical and on life support systems," the statement by the hospital read.

Senior BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh paid visits to the AIIMS on Thursday to enquire about the health of the former prime minister.  

Earlier in the morning, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited AIIMS to enquire about the condition of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who has been undergoing treatment at the premier institute.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Congress president Rahul Gandhi are expected to visit the premier medical institute soon.
 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also visited AIIMS on Wednesday at around 7:15 pm in the evening to enquire about the health condition of Vajpayee. After Modi, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi also paid a visit. Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani also visited the hospital to check on him.

Vajpayee was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion.
 

The 93-year-old leader, a diabetic, has only one functional kidney. He had suffered a stroke in 2009 that weakened his cognitive abilities. Subsequently, he developed dementia.

Vajpayee is under the supervision of Dr Randeep Guleria, a pulmonologist and currently the Director of AIIMS. Guleria has served as personal physician to Vajpayee for over three decades.

 

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP National President Amit Shah had also visited the medical institute on Saturday.