Delhi: Former BJP leader Jaswant Singh was admitted to Army Research and Referral hospital here after developing symptoms of fever and respiratory distress, as per reports on Wednesday.
"He has been in coma since he had suffered severe head injuries. Recently he developed symptoms of fever and respiratory distress following which his family members brought him to the hospital for a review of his condition. He is in ICU and has been put on ventilator to give repository support. But his condition is stable and soon he will be out of the ICU," said a senior doctor from the hospital, as per PTI.
He was admitted yesterday night.
On December 30, 2014, Singh had been discharged from hospital in a "minimally conscious state", four months after he was admitted in there with severe head injuries.
It was reported then that he would continue with "supportive care" at home.
The 76-year-old leader was admitted on August 8 to the hospital in a critical condition after his family found him lying on the floor of his house in an unconscious state.
Singh, who was in coma, had been on life support system while in hospital.
At the hospital, Singh was given total parenteral nutrition (TPN) which delivers nutrients intravenously when a patient is unable to eat on his/her own.
Singh, who had also served as external affairs and finance minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, was expelled from BJP in early 2014 after he decided to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Barmer in Rajasthan as an independent when the party decided to field Col (Retd) Sonaram Chaudhary.
He had lost the election.
(With PTI inputs)
