Union Minister Sadananda Gowda on Sunday was admitted to a Bengaluru private hospital after he collapsed in central Karnataka earlier in the day. Gowda, the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, had collapsed during lunch in Chitradurga district, around 200 km away from Bengaluru. He reportedly collapsed as soon as he got off his vehicle at a hotel where he was scheduled to have lunch.
Gowda was on his way back to Bengaluru from Shivamogga following a party event where he was accompanying Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and other top rung leaders of Karnataka BJP unit.
The minister was taken to Bengaluru through a zero-traffic corridor from Basaveshwara Hospital for detailed follow-up and check-up. Doctors at the Basaveshwara Hospital in Chitradurga had said that he was stable and had collapsed due to low blood sugar and fatigue. According to reports, his condition is stable. The union minister had recently recovered from COVID-19. He had tested positive for the virus in November 2019.