Surjeet is 'stable' in hospital

Fri, May 16 12:28 PM

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet was stable Friday after being admitted to a hospital with severe respiratory problems, his party said.

'His condition is stable,' said a CPI-M functionary at the party headquarters here. His daughter-in-law Manjeet told IANS: 'He was admitted to Noida's Metro hospital a week ago. He was critical yesterday but is better now.' The 92-year-old had been confined to his Teen Murti Lane residence here for over a year because of ill health. He was taken to a hospital in Noida, adjoining Delhi, after suffering respiratory problems. Considered at one point a kingmaker of India's coalition politics, Surjeet is now a special invitee to the CPI-M's Central Committee.

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