By IANS,
New Delhi : Congress leader and central minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who has been in hospital for almost six months, is now being mobilised on a wheelchair every day, the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital here said Tuesday.
“Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi remains neurologically status quo and off life support,” it said.
“He is being mobilised every day on a wheelchair. His feeding is being conducted through a �PEG tube’ and he has a tracheostomy in situ.”
A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an endoscopic procedure for placing a tube into the stomach through the abdominal wall.
Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure on the neck to open a direct airway through an incision in the windpipe.
Doctors said the veteran leader has been showing improvement in his health since he was admitted to the hospital in October.
Dasmunsi was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Oct 13 following his second heart attack in three months. He was shifted to the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital on his family’s request Nov 20.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has temporarily taken charge of Dasmunsi’s information and broadcasting portfolio. Dasmunsi, however, continues to hold the rank of a cabinet minister without portfolio.
Dasmunsi, who has a 10-year history of diabetes, first suffered a heart attack July 8 and underwent an angioplasty and stenting procedure of two coronary arteries.