Chennai doctors closely monitoring Deshmukh's condition

Updated on: 07 August,2012 01:34 PM IST |
Agencies |

Doctors were closely monitoring the condition of union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh who has been admitted to the Global Hospital here with a liver ailment, hospital sources said Tuesday

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"Deshmukh is in the intensive care unit (ICU). He has been admitted for liver ailment. Doctors are attending to him in the ICU which is out of bounds for others," a Global Hospital official told IANS on condition of anonymity.u00a0

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According to him, Deshmukh, 67, was rushed to the hospital Monday evening from Mumbai's Beach Candy hospital in an air ambulance.

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"From the Chennai airport he was brought to our hospital in our ambulance," the official said.

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Renowned liver specialist Mohammed Rela is attending to the former Maharashtra chief minister.

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Hospital officials said a proper medical bulletin would be issued and many of the media reports are speculative in nature.

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The union minister's family members are with him.

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Deshmukh, who had been complaining of abdominal pains for a while, had been taken to Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital last week for what was described as "a routine check-up".

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For the last few months, Deshmukh has been taking light assignments to avoid strain on account of his health condition, a Congress official indicated.u00a0

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