Ailing former Union minister Sukh Ram airlifted to Delhi for treatment at AIIMS
India Today
The former Union minister, who had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Himachal Pradesh, was airlifted to AIIMS in Delhi on Saturday.
Ailing former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram who had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Mandi was airlifted to the premier AIIMS in Delhi on Saturday, a spokesperson said.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur provided the state helicopter for airlifting the 94-year-old leader to Delhi, he added.
The former Union minister was admitted in the ICU of the AIIMS neurology department and was suspected to have suffered a brain stroke.
Earlier, Chief Minister Thakur visited the Regional Hospital in Mandi to enquire about Sukh Ram's condition.
The chief minister also spoke to AIIMS-Delhi Director Randeep Guleria over the phone about the treatment of Sukh Ram.
Sukh Ram was the Union Minister of State for Communications (Independent Charge) from 1993 to 1996.
