New Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee has been put on ventilator support after undergoing a successful brain surgery for removal of clot at the the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi.
According to sources from the hospital, the few hours after the surgery would be critical as there in need for ventilator support. It would not have required if he was not coronavirus positive.
Mukerjee on Monday had tweeted confirming that he has been tested positive for coronavirus.
On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today.
I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for COVID-19. #CitizenMukherjee— Pranab Mukherjee (@CitiznMukherjee) August 10, 2020