Congress president Sonia Gandhi discharged from Delhi’s Ganga Ram hospital after surgery

New Delhi August 15:Congress president Sonia Gandhi was discharged on Sunday from the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where she was admitted on August 3 with fever, dehydration and a shoulder injury.

The panel of doctors that was treating her reviewed her condition and decided to discharge her around 8 am after determining that her infection had healed and that she no longer had fever.

“Mrs Gandhi was discharged from the hospital this morning in a stable condition. She has been advised rest and to continue her medication,” said Dr DS Rana, chairman, Ganga Ram Hospital. “She is likely to visit the hospital for further evaluation of her condition in the coming week.”

Mumbai-based orthopaedic surgeon Dr Sanjay Desai, who specialises in shoulder reconstruction, had flown to Delhi for the surgery.

The Congress chief also suffered from massive electrolyte imbalance that also triggered diarrhoea, fever and vomiting.

She was flown to Delhi directly from her road show in Varanasi in a serious condition and was admitted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital. A day later, on August 3, she was shifted to Ganga Ram hospital.