External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj admitted to AIIMS, condition stable

The condition of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who has been admitted to AIIMS after she complained of severe chest congestion, is stable and a medical board has been formed to treat her.

“A medical board has been constituted to formulate the combined treatment strategy for the minister suffering from fever, chest congestion with features of pneumonia,” a statement issued by AIIMS said. The team of specialists is looking after the minister whose condition is stable, it said.

64-year-old Swaraj was admitted to the old private ward under Pulmonary Medicine Department of the hospital around 5 PM yesterday. She was later shifted to the Cardio-Neuro Centre in the night.