Anil Vij shifted to Gurugram hospital

Haryana health minister Anil Vij, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on December 5, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Medanta Hospital in Gurugram

Haryana health minister Anil Vij, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on December 5, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on Tuesday night, after developing a lung infection.

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Vij was shifted from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak on Tuesday night in an ambulance due to his deteriorating health condition, confirmed health officials. A team of doctors from Medanta hospital reached PGIMS on Tuesday evening.

“The health minister reached Gurugram around 9pm, where he was directly admitted to ICU unit of Medanta. He has been put on high flow oxygen to maintain the oxygen saturation level,” said a senior health official, who accompanied Vij from Rohtak to Gurugram.

Another senior doctor from PGIMS, said, “The health minister has been diagnosed with Covid-19 pneumonia, leading to infection in lungs. Due to his deteriorating health condition, it was decided by the PGIMS medical board to shift him to Gurugram.”

On December 12, Vij, who is also the Haryana home minister, was shifted from Civil Hospital at Ambala to PGIMS in Rohtak. On Monday, Vij was put on convalescent plasma therapy, according to the health bulletin issued by PGIMS. “In view of skiagram (X-ray) finding and status of the pulmonary parameters, the committee (doctors) was of the opinion that he has moderate Covid-19 with bilateral viral pneumonia,” the bulletin said.

Last month, Vij had received one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate — Covaxin — which was a part of a two-dose trial. He got the Covid-19 vaccine dose a fortnight before he tested positive for the infection.

Doctors and management of Medanta did not comment on the matter.