Pranab Mukherjee, 84, had received respiratory assistance.
New Delhi:
Pranab Mukherjee, an elderly statesman and one of the country’s most respected politicians, died at the age of 84. The former president of India, who tested positive for coronavirus, had been in a coma after brain surgery earlier this month.
“With great regret, we inform you that my father Shri Pranab Mukherjee has just passed away despite the best efforts of the RR Hospital doctors and their prayers, duas and prarthanas of people from all over India! I thank you all, “her son Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted.
With a heavy heart, this is to inform you that my father Shri #PranabMukherjee He just passed away despite the best efforts of the RR Hospital doctors and the prayers, duas and prarthanas of people all over India!
I thank all of you ????– Abhijit Mukherjee (@ABHIJIT_LS) August 31, 2020
This morning, the Delhi military hospital had reported a deterioration in his condition. He had suffered septic shock due to his lung infection, the Army Research and Reference Hospital said.
Mr. Mukherjee was admitted to the hospital on August 10 and underwent surgery the same day to remove a clot in his brain. He had tested positive for COVID-19 at the hospital. “On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID-19 today. I ask people who have been in contact with me in the last week to please self-isolate and get tested for COVID-19,” had posted.
He developed a lung infection and kidney dysfunction in recent days, according to doctors.
On Wednesday, the hospital said that Mukherjee’s “kidney parameters are a bit altered.”
In recent weeks, there has been a lot of wishes for him to get better soon from politicians of all parties for the veteran, who was Minister of Finance, Defense and Foreign Affairs in various governments until he assumed the highest office in the country.
Mukherjee was President of India from 2012 to 2017.
The daughter of former President and Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee, in a tweet, had remembered this time last year when she received the Bharat Ratna, the highest civil honor.
“August 8 last year was one of the happiest days for me, as my father received Bharat Ratna. Exactly one year later, on August 10, he fell seriously ill. May God do what is best for him and give me strength to accept both the joys and sorrows of life with equanimity. I sincerely thank all your concerns, “he had published.
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