Sonia Gandhi dehydrated, now stable, shifted to Gangaram Hospital

AICC President Sonia Gandhi was indisposed during a road-show inVaranasi on Tuesday and was rushed to Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi. - Sakshi Post

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who was taken ill during a roadshow in Varanasi and forced to return to the national capital, was on Wednesday stable and has been shifted to Ganga Ram Hospital in west Delhi.

Gandhi was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital here late last night due to high fever. The 69-year-old Congress chief returned here by a chartered flight close to midnight after she had to abandon the 8-km roadshow in Varanasi midway due to illness. Gandhi has been shifted to Gangaram Hospital as she had earlier also undergone treatment there, sources said.

Yesterday itself, she had said that she would return to Varanasi to meet the people and to have ‘darshan of the historical temple of Kashi Vishwanath Ji’.

Earlier in the day, AICC media cell in-charge Randeep Surjewala had said that she is stable and is recovering under medical supervision. Yesterday itself, she had said that she would return to Varanasi to meet the people and to have ‘darshan of the historical temple of Kashi Vishwanath Ji’. On return, she was admitted to hospital in Delhi, is stable and is recovering under medical supervision, he had said in a statement.

The Congress President is overwhelmed by the concern and affection of fellow countrymen and crores of Congressmen and has thanked everyone for their good wishes, he had said. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, were by her side. Her son-in-law Robert Vadra also visited her. Senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad had yesterday said that her condition was stable after she suffered a bout of dehydration, vomited and had fever in Varanasi.

Source: PTI


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