Former Chief Minister of Bihar and RJD leader Lalu Yadav will be airlifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on the advice of State Medical Board, Dr Umesh Prasad, RJD leader’s physician, told news agency ANI. Yadav is currently being treated in RIMS, Ranchi, where the doctors have announced him to be “stable”, ANI reported.
His COVID-19 test came out negative, blood reports show a normal infection and HRCT chest scan reflects pneumonia.
According to a news report in NDTV, Yadav’s condition had deteriorated, following which the officials had taken the decision to send him to AIIMS.
Earlier, Lalu’s son and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had said that he will speak to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, asking for better treatment for his father.
Speaking to the reporters, Tejashwi said that his father’s situation is serious and that he has been diagnosed with pneumonia. He also added that Lalu Yadav has already undergone a heart surgery and only 25 percent of his kidney is functional.
“We want better treatment for him,” Yadav had then said.
Lalu Yadav has been in jail since 2017, after he was convicted in the fodder scam.
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