LUCKNOW: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh’s health deteriorated on Sunday evening, a day after a dramatic rise in his blood pressure triggered a minor heart attack.
Singh was shifted to Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) from Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS), where he was in ICU since Saturday .
The 89-year-old politician, who was earlier Rajasthan governor, had developed an inflammation in the parotid gland and was also diagnosed with irregularities in his kidney function, said RMLIMS spokesperson Dr Shrikesh Singh.
Panel of 10 doctors treating former UP CM
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya visited the veteran politician before he was moved to SGPGI’s critical care medicine ICU. A panel of 10 doctors, including director Dr RK Dhiman, was formed to monitor and treat the ailing BJP leader.
His blood pressure and pulse are stable, but he has altered sensorium which is being treated by doctors of cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology and neuro-autology, according to a SGPGI bulletin. An RMLIMS statement released on Sunday evening said Singh was admitted to the facility on June 21 with acute blood bacterial peritonitis and sepsis. Antibiotics administration helped control his sepsis, but brain scans showed blood clots.
Earlier, CM Yogi Adityanath tweeted — “I pray to Lord Ram that he returns to good health soon.”
