Gurgaon/New Delhi, May 30 (ANI): Doctors treating Vidya Charan Shukla at the Medanta Medicity Hospital in Gurgaon on Thursday said that the veteran Congress leader is still in a very serious condition.
“As compared to yesterday, his condition remains steady. In fact, there has been a slight response to the supportive care, the antibiotics and the other treatment being given to him.
Let me clarify that Mr. Shukla still remains critical and not out of danger,” said Dr. A.K. Dubey, the spokesperson of Medanta Hospital.
Meanwhile, Shukla’s nephew Amitesh hoped for his speedy recovery.
“I believe he is much better now. He has no fever and his organs are functioning properly. His health has improved. I hope that he is out of danger soon,” he told the media in New Delhi.
The 84-year-old former union minister sustained three bullet wounds after he was caught in the middle of an ambush by Maoists on a Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar District on Saturday.
Prior to being moved to Gurgaon, Shukla underwent an operation at a Jagdalpur hospital for removal of the bullets.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi visited Shukla at the Medanta Hospital on Sunday, and inquired about his health from the hospital staff and his family members.
BJP leader L K Advani, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit have also visited Shukla at the hospital.
Heavily-armed Maoists had on Saturday ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in the state’s Bastar district, killing 27 people including PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh, Congress leader Mahendra Karma and ex-MLA Uday Mudliyar and injuring 37 others.
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