Sonia Gandhi still in hospital but ‘improving steadily’

By IANS

New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday remained admitted in a city hospital for the third day but doctors attending to her said “her condition is steadily improving”.


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Gandhi was admitted to the hospital Jan 1 with a cough and a slight breathing problem. The hospital said she had a “chest infection”.

According to a hospital source, a three-member team of doctors was treating Gandhi, chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), in a private ward.

B.K. Rao, chairman of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Thursday said: “Sonia Gandhi has had normal food and comfortable sleep.”

He added that a CT scan of the chest was done Thursday.

“Her condition is steadily improving and she has been advised to continue rest,” he said in a bulletin.

“No decision has yet been taken about whether Sonia Gandhi should be discharged Thursday or not. A decision will be taken this evening,” a source said.

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