Former President Pranab Mukherjee has suffered a septic shock in the course of his lung infection treatment, read the bulletin of Army Research and Referral Hospital on Monday.
“There is a decline in the medical condition of Shri Pranab Mukherjee since yesterday. He is in septic shock due to his lung infection and is being managed by team of specialists. He continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support,” said the doctors.
Mukherjee was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10 and was operated for removal of a clot in the brain the same day. He had also tested positive for Covid-19.
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Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was admitted to the AIIMS on August 18 for post-Covid care, was discharged on Monday morning.
On Saturday, AIIMS had said in a statement that “he has recovered and is likely to be discharged in a short time.”
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