The Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi informed on Wednesday that the condition of former president Pranab Mukherjee continued to remain critical.
Mukherjee has been on ventilator after he underwent brain surgery on Monday. The 84-year-old former president was admitted to the military hospital around noon on Monday and had also tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the surgery.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Army Research and Referral Hospital informed Mukherjee was “haemodynamically stable and on ventilator”.
Meanwhile, Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter, Sharmishta Mukherjee, said may God do whatever is best for him.
Sharmistha Mukherjee, who is a Congress leader, said her father has fallen critically ill just a year after he received the 'Bharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award.
“Last year August 8 was one of the happiest day for me as my dad received Bharat Ratna. Exactly a year later on August 10 he fell critically ill. May God do whatever is best for him and give me strength to accept both joys and sorrows of life with equanimity. I sincerely thank all for their concerns," she said on Twitter.
The condition of Pranab Mukherjee had worsened on Tuesday, doctors attending on him said.
Mukherjee was president of India between 2012 and 2017.
(With inputs from PTI)
