PM Modi Visits Ahmedabad Hospital to Meet Ailing Mother Heeraben; Wishes Pour In
PM Modi's mother, Heeraben Modi, had turned 100 in June this year.
PM Modi with his mother.
(Photo: Gujarat government)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother, Heeraben Modi, who turned 100 this year, was hospitalised in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Wednesday, 28 December, after she took ill the previous night.
She was admitted to the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology & Research Centre in Ahmedabad.
PM Modi reached Ahmedabad on Wednesday afternoon to visit his mother.
Condition Stable, Says Hospital
In a press release, the hospital said that her condition is stable.
"Heeraben Modi, mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is admitted at UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad and her health condition is stable," the release read.
Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs Darshanaben Vaghela and Kaushik Jain have reached the hospital, NDTV reported.
This comes a day after PM Modi's brother, Prahlad Modi, was injured in a car accident in Karnataka's Mysuru.
PM Modi had met his mother earlier in December, ahead of the final phase of the Gujarat Assembly election. She had also cast her vote in the polls.
Wishes Pour In For Heeraben's Health
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to with PM Modi's mother a speedy recovery.
Wishes for her recovery also poured in on Twitter from other politicians, journalists, and the general public as well.
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