Jaswant Singh still in critical state
Former BJP leader Jaswant Singh was operated upon but is still on life support systems
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-08-10 04:08 GMT
New Delhi:Former BJP leader Jaswant Singh was operated upon but is still on life supportsystems and in a coma at the Army Hospital (Research & Referral) in New Delhi. The former defence minister was admitted to the hospital with an head injury at about 1 am on Friday after his “family members had brought him to the hospital after finding him lying on the floor of the house in an unconscious state.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the hospital on Saturday to enquire about the veteran leader’s health. US secretary of defence Chuck Hagel said “our thoughts are with Jaswant Singh,” and hailed him as a “distinguished soldier statesman who helped transform Indo-US ties.” “Jaswant Singh’s vital parameters are stable but he continues to be in coma,” the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a statement on Saturday.