Post surgery, Sushma to resume office next month

January 26, 2017 12:21

Rajeev Sharma tells us: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will start attending office regularly from next month after taking mandatory complete bed rest in total isolation since her kidney transplant at New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences on December 10, 2016.

Swaraj is expected to start her usual office schedule from mid-March, knowledgeable sources said.

She has been clearing office files from her home.

The EAM has been living in sanitised conditions under medical advice and is not allowed to meet any visitors or shake hands with anyone.

Swaraj, a severe diabetic, was admitted to AIIMS in November with failing health. She surprised everyone when she took to Twitter to announce that both her kidneys had failed.

A 40--year-old woman, unrelated to Swaraj, donated her one kidney.

The 64-year-old foreign minister has emerged as a favourite of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as she is efficient at her work, is non-controversial, keeps a low profile and doesn't talk to the media at all -- qualities the PM expects from his Cabinet colleagues but rarely gets.

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