Arun Jaitley Continues To Be Under Observation For Second Day At AIIMS
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley continues to be under medical observation for the second day today at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, and the time for his kidney transplant surgery is yet to be decided.
Jaitley, 65, who was admitted to AIIMS on Friday evening has been kept under observation.
Jaitley is suffering from a kidney ailment and has not been attending office since Monday. He has not even taken oath of office after being re-elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Sources said the minister, who was kept in a ‘controlled environment' at home, was shifted to the AIIMS on Friday evening.
A kidney transplant operation was scheduled for yesterday and all formalities for a donor kidney were also completed, but was kept under one day observation.
The minister, who cancelled his scheduled visit to London for the 10th India-U.K. Economic and Financial Dialogue next week, had confirmed his illness in a tweet on Thursday.
“I am being treated for kidney related problems and certain infections that I have contracted,” he had tweeted.
Jaitley, however, had not elaborated on the ailment, but said he was “currently working from controlled environment at home. The future course of my treatment would be determined by the doctors treating me”.
I am being treated for kidney related problems & certain infections that I have contracted. I am therefore currently working from controlled environment at home. The future course of my treatment would be determined by the doctors treating me.
April 5, 2018He is likely to be operated by nephrologist Sandeep Guleria from Apollo Hospital, who is the brother of AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, a family friend of Jaitley.
In September 2014, Jaitley had undergone a bariatric surgery to treat weight gain that he suffered because of a long-standing diabetic condition. That surgery was first performed at Max Hospital, but he had to be later shifted to AIIMS because of complications.
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