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Pranab Mukherjee still in deep coma, ventilator support: Army Hospital

Former president Mukherjee is being treated for lung infection and renal dysfunction

Pranab Mukherjee

Former president of India Pranab Mukherjee.

Press Trust of India New Delhi

Former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in a deep coma and on ventilator support, the hospital where he is admitted said on Thursday.

According to the doctors treating 84-year-old Mukherjee, he is haemodynamically stable.

Doctors say a patient is haemodynamically stable when the blood circulation parameters - blood pressure, heart and pulse rate, are stable and normal.

Mukherjee was admitted to the Army's Research and Referral Hospital on August 10 and was operated for removal of a clot in the brain. He was also tested positive for COVID-19. He later developed a lung infection.

"Shri Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in a deep coma and on ventilator support. He is being treated for lung infection and renal dysfunction. He is haemodynamically stable," a statement from the hospital said.

 

Mukherjee was the 13th President of India from 2012 to 2017.

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First Published: Aug 27 2020 | 1:20 PM IST

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