Sonia had headache, bad cough: AIIMS director
Informing about Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s health condition, AIIMS director R.C. Deka said that “she had cough... She had headache. She took medicines after which she felt uneasiness in Parliament and that is why she was here. We put (her through) all the tests required for such diseases and we found her normal, and she has left in her own car talking to all the doctors, and thanking all of us.”
Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said, “Madam, it looks, had medicines for common cold and headache, as a result of which she had some uneasiness and she had to be brought to AIIMS and now all test have been conducted and she is perfectly fine and has gone home.”
Mrs Gandhi left Parliament at 10.15 pm on Monday while the voting was underway on various amendments moved by the Opposition on Food Security Bill and was rushed to AIIMS. She could not be present in the Lower House when the landmark bill was passed.
In a tweet, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj wished Mrs Gandhi a speedy recovery.
Mrs Gandhi complained of exhaustion and mild chest pain and was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as a precautionary measure before she was shifted to the Cardio-Neuro Centre, AIIMS hospital sources said.
She underwent some tests, including an ECG. She was under observation at AIIMS where top doctors, including its director Deka, attended on her. Balram Airon, head of cardio-thoracic surgery department, was monitoring her health condition.
The Congress president was stated to be suffering from viral fever since Sunday.
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