Communist patriarch Surjeet's condition still critical

Sat, May 17 08:06 PM

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet's health continued to be critical Saturday, a day after he slipped into coma, doctors attending on him said.

Surjeet, 92, remained in coma at Metro Hospital in Noida, adjacent to New Delhi, after he suffered a cardiac arrest Thursday. "His condition continues to be critical. He is still on the ventilator," a senior doctor attending on him told IANS. Surjeet, who has been unwell for almost a year, was admitted to Metro Hospital May 6 with fever and a respiratory problem. The hospital administration was about to discharge him Thursday, but he suffered a cardiac arrest. A group of doctors is monitoring his health.

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