Samajwadi Party's Azam Khan Shifted To Covid ICU Of Lucknow Hospital

The 72-year-old leader and his son Abdullah Khan were confirmed Covid-19 positive on April 30 and they were admitted to the private hospital from the Sitapur jail on Sunday, May 9.

A day after he was admitted to the Medanta Hospital here with coronavirus infection, Samajwadi Party leader and Rampur Lok Sabha MP Azam Khan was shifted to the facility's Covid-19 ICU, and is being taken care of by a team of doctors, the hospital said on Monday. The 72-year-old leader and his son Abdullah Khan were confirmed Covid-19 positive on April 30 and they were admitted to the private hospital from the Sitapur jail on Sunday, May 9. In a health bulletin released here on Monday, the hospital said Azam Khan's oxygen needs shot up during the day to "10 litres per minute", which is why "the critical care team of the Medanta Hospital, Lucknow, shifted him to the Covid ICU". "He in under intense treatment of the doctors there," the hospital said.