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Veteran BJP leader LK Advani admitted to Delhi's Apollo hospital with chest infection, condition stable
The 97-year-old former deputy prime minister is being treated in the pulmonary department after a chest infection, hospital officials said.
- On Friday, veteran BJP leader and former party president LK Advani was admitted to Apollo Hospital in New Delhi for treatment of a chest infection; his condition is reported as stable.
- Previously treated at the same facility in May for age-related ailments, Advani served as India's Home Minister from 1999 to 2004 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2004.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Advani at his residence on October 7 to mark 25 years of his own governance and seek the veteran leader's blessings.
- In recognition of his decades of public service, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, upon Advani in March of last year.
- Born in Karachi in 1927, Advani joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1942 and later served as the longest-tenured BJP National President in the party's history.
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LK Advani admitted to Delhi hospital with chest infection, condition stable
The 98-year-old leader is undergoing treatment and his condition is stable, the reports said. He was brought to the hospital at around 7.30 pm and admitted to the pulmonary department, where a team of doctors is monitoring his condition.
·New Delhi, India
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BJP veteran LK Advani admitted to Apollo Hospital with chest infection
The latest hospitalisation comes just over a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Advani at his New Delhi residence on October 7 and sought his blessings on completing 25 years as a head of government.
·Noida, India
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