Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was hospitalized in south Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon. Their health is said to be impaired. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the Woodlands Hospital and took care of her. Bhattacharya, 76, was examined by Kovid-19 in which he was not infected, officials said.
Bhattacharya was placed in a critical medical room on a ventilator, sources said. A senior hospital official said, “Bhattacharya’s RT-PCR test revealed that he was not exposed to coronavirus. The good news is that a brain scan of his brain revealed chronic injuries. He is being treated in the Critical Medical Room (CCU).
West Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has met former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata.
Bhattacharjee was admitted to hospital today due to breathing problems https://t.co/tR0AI98gB7 pic.twitter.com/7ZOmATTEEJ
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He said, “They are currently placed on non-invasive ventilation. Their oxygen intake limit is set at 95 percent. Their health is serious, but the current treatment is working well.”
Bhattacharya, who was chief minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011, has been battling shortness of breath and other age-related ailments for some time. He resigned from the CPI-M Central Committee Politburo and the State Ministry in 2018. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and CPI-M State Secretary Surya Kant Mishra have also wished them well.
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