Milkha Singh hospitalised again in Covid ICU in Chandigarh

The development comes four days after the former Commonwealth Games Champion and 1960 Rome Olympian was discharged from a Mohali hospital where he was admitted after contracting Covid-19 last month.

Updated on: Jun 3, 2021, 23:47:51 IST

By Dar Ovais, Chandigarh

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Legendary athlete Milkha Singh, 91, has been admitted in the Covid ICU of at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh on Thursday due to dipping oxygen levels.

The development comes four days after the former Commonwealth Games Champion and 1960 Rome Olympian was discharged from a Mohali hospital where he was admitted after contracting Covid-19 last month.

His son, golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, confirmed that he was admitted to the hospital after his health deteriorated at home. PGIMER in its statement on Thursday said that he has been kept under observation and is stable now.

Singh had tested positive for Covid-19 on May 19.

Singh’s wife Nirmal Kaur, 82, who was also contracted Covid-19 last month, is still admitted in a Mohali hospital.

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Dar Ovais
Dar Ovais is a Senior Correspondent in the Himachal Pradesh bureau of Hindustan Times. He covers tourism, politics, environmental issues, climate-related developments in the hill state, and Tibetan affairs, with a particular focus on developments concerning the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan government-in-exile, and the Tibetan exile community. He has also reported from border regions of Jammu and Kashmir during the 2025 conflict (Operation Sindoor). Having worked with Hindustan Times since 2019, he has reported extensively on education, agriculture, the power sector, and civic issues during his previous stints in Punjab and Chandigarh.Read More