New Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee passed away on Monday, his son Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted. He was 84. His son, Abhijit Mukherjee wrote on social media,
Mukherjee was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital on August 10 and was operated for removal of a clot in the brain. He was also tested positive for COVID-19. He later developed a lung infection.
His condition after the surgery worsened and he was in a deep coma and on ventilator support.
A powerful orator and scholar, Mukherjee had been a Congress stalwart before he was elected as India’s 13th President and served from July 2012 to 2017 in the top post.
Last year, Mukherjee was awarded the Bharat Ratna – the country’s highest civilian award.
Earlier in the day, the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi, where he is admitted since August 10 said there has been a “decline” in the medical condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee since Sunday and is “in septic shock” due to lung infection.
Mukherjee continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support and is being managed by a team of specialists, the hospital had said.
On Sunday, the doctors attending to the 84-year-old had told that Pranab Mukherjee continued to be in deep coma.
Pranab Mukherjee was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital on August 10, underwent life-saving brain surgery on the same day.
After admitting to the hospital, it was found that he had a large brain clot for which he underwent emergency life-saving surgery, but remained critical subsequently and on a ventilator.
He has not shown any improvement and his health status has remained unchanged since then.
