The former chief minister and general secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Harish Rawat was airlifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi on Thursday. Rawat along four members of his family was found positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.
The former CM was taken to the Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital on Thursday morning for check up. Here doctors detected infection in his lungs following which a decision was taken to shift him to AIIMS Delhi. On hearing about the illness of the Congress leader and advice of the doctors to shift him to the higher centre, the chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat ordered officials to provide air ambulance to the former CM. He also directed the New Delhi based resident commissioner of Uttarakhand to coordinate with the AIIMS Delhi administration and doctors treating Harish Rawat.
Friday, 26 March 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
