Two weeks since Union Home Minister Amit Shah was discharged from his stay at the AIIMS Delhi, the capital’s top hospital for post COVID care; he was admitted again to the hospital last night.
AIIMS said in an official statement this morning: “Shri Amit Shah, Honourable Home Minister, was discharged from AIIMS, New Delhi, after post COVID care on August 30. As per advice given at discharge, he has now been admitted for a complete medical checkup before parliament session for 1-2 days.”
Minister Amit Shah had tested COVID-19 positive and was taken to private hospital Medanta in Gurgoan on August 2.
On August 14, he said in a tweet that he would be in-home isolation for a few more days on the advice of his doctors.
Following fatigue and body ache, he was admitted to the AIIMS on August 18, and left after 13 days on August 31 when the doctors said the Home Minister had recovered.
“Amit Shah, Union Home Minister, is admitted at AIIMS, New Delhi for post-COVID care. He has recovered and is likely to be discharged in a short time,” the AIIMS had said in a statement on August 30.
After being admitted a second time, he was wished a speedy recovery by several BJP leaders on social media.
“Just received the news about the ill-health of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. I pray to God for his good health,” Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted in Hindi.
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje tweeted: “I pray to God for his speedy recovery.”
Commencement of the Parliament’s monsoon session will happen tomorrow with COVID safety measures, compulsory face mask and social distancing.
The monsoon session endured a massive hit caused by COVID-19. 200 out of 785 members of Parliament are over 65 years of age, and at least seven Union Ministers and two dozen lawmakers recovered. India noted its most significant single-day surge of 97,570 new patients on Saturday, the government said. The COVID tally exceeded the 47 lakh-mark today.