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Sharad Pawar hospitalised in Pune due to dehydration, condition stable
Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party, was admitted to a Pune hospital for mild dehydration. His condition is stable.
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) chief Sharad Pawar was admitted to a private hospital in Pune on Sunday as he suffered from mild dehydration.
According to the official statement from the hospital, the 85-year-old politician's condition is now stable.
“We are admitting Baba to Ruby Hall, Pune for follow-up tests and hydration. Thanking all the doctors and healthcare workers,” Pawar's daughter and MP Supriya Sule said.
“Hon. Mr. Sharad Pawar admitted to Ruby Hall Clinic today for mild dehydration He needs fluids,” said chief cardiologist, chairman and managing trustee of Ruby Hall Clinic Dr. Purvez Grant and consultant physician Dr Abhijit Lodha, who are supervising his treatment.
They added that Pawar's condition stable and that he will remain in Ruby Hall clinic for two days before being sent home.
Sharad Pawar earlier survived oral cancer.
Second hospitalisation this month
Pawar's hospitalisation comes nearly two weeks after he was admitted to the same hospital due to a chest infection. He was discharged on February 14.
On February 8, he was brought to Pune's Ruby Hall Clinic from his residence in Baramati after complaints of difficulty in breathing and persistent cough.
Dr Grant had said that his vital parameters remain within normal limits and that he was stable. He attributed Pawar's condition to physical stress and fatigue, particularly due to his extensive travel and frequent public interactions following nephew Ajit Pawar's death on January 28.
Ajit Pawar's death
Maharashtra's former deputy CM Ajit Pawar was travelling to his hometown from Mumbai, when his aircraft met with a fatal crash after touching down the runway at Baramati airport, killing everyone aboard the plane.
The last rites of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar were performed at the premises of Vidyaprathishthan educational institute in Baramati on January 29.
Sharad Pawar's daughter and Ajit Pawar's nephew, Supriya Sule took over as the deputy CM of Maharashtra on February 7.
(With inputs from Yogesh Joshi)
