Atal Bihari Vajpayee Health LIVE Updates: Ex-PM Still Critical, Says AIIMS in Latest Medical Bulletin

There is no improvement in former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s health and he continues to be critical, AIIMS has said in its latest health bulletin. India is praying for Vajpayee with ‘havans’ being conducted in his hometown Gwalior and Lucknow, the constituency he represented. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may pay a second visit to Atal Bihari Vajpayee at AIIMS and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi may also pay a visit. Since morning BJP veteran LK Advani, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, BJP chief Amit Shah and several Union ministers have been visiting the hospital.

The next one hour is said to be “crucial” for the party patriarch. AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria will brief the Prime Minister’s Office shortly after a team doctors completes the examination of Atal Bihari Vajpayee who is suffering from kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion. Karuna Shukla, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece, will leave from Raipur for Delhi at 11am and head straight to AIIMS.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is taking a 2:50pm flight to Delhi to see Vajpayee, while Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are expected to reach the All India Institute of Medical Sciences later. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was admitted to the hospital on June 11. A diabetic, Atal Bihari Vajpayee has only one functional kidney and suffered a stroke in 2009 that weakened his cognitive abilities.

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee's condition continues to be critical and a medical bulletin on his health condition is expected shortly from the AIIMS where he has been admitted for the last nine weeks. "Vajpayee's condition has worsened over the last 24 hours. His condition is critical and he is on life support system," said the last statement issued by AIIMS late on Wednesday. Among the Union ministers, Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh, Harshvardhan, Piyush Goyal and Nirmala Sitharaman others have visited Vajpayee in AIIMS.

Several BJP chief ministers, including Yogi Adityananth and Sarbananda Sonowal, are also bound for Delhi. The CMs were to start arriving in the national capital from today for BJP Nationa Executive Meet on August 18-19.

His visit at 6.30 am was followed by Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah at 8.30 am. Later Union Health Minister JP Nadda reached All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) too. On Wednesday, a host of political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had visited the AIIMS to take stock of the situation and enquire about Vajpayee's condition.

Vajpayee, a diabetic patient, is undergoing treatment at AIIMS since June 11. He was admitted to the hospital for what doctors described as a routine check-up.

The 1924-born leader 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 Amit Shah had also visited Vajpayee on Saturday.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister briefly in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004 but had retreated from active politics over the last decade due to failing health. Born in 1924, he entered politics during the Quit India movement in 1942. Vajpayee was elected to Lok Sabha from Lucknow in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. Vajpayee was also the first external affairs minister to deliver a speech in the UN General Assembly in Hindi.

News Source: News18.com