PM visits Vajpayee at AIIMS for the 2nd time
August 16, 2018  14:54
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PM Narendra Modi leaves AIIMS after visiting Atal Bihari Vajpayee who has been admitted to the hospital. BJP president Amit Shah had accompanied him. They were briefed on Vajpayee's health and left after spending around 30 minutes at the hospital. Another medical bulletin from AIIMS is expected this evening. Shah is still at the hospital.


A posse of BJP ministers are at Vajpayee's residence as well. BJP leaders have been asked not to make any statement to the press.


Vajpayee was admitted at the premier medical college and hospital on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion.


The 93-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader, a diabetic, has one functional kidney. He had suffered a stroke in 2009 that weakened his cognitive abilities. Subsequently, he developed dementia. The BJP veteran's condition remains critical and he continues to be on advanced life-support system, the AIIMS said in a statement today.


Image: PM Modi leaves AIIMS, his second visit since yesterday.
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