Minority Welfare Minister of Jharkhand and JMM’s Madhupur MLA Hafizul Hasan was shifted from Ranchi’s Paras Hospital to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on Friday morning after his health condition worsened.
Hasan was admitted to Paras Hospital on Thursday following severe breathing difficulties. The development created a stir in the state Assembly on the last day of its monsoon session.
Around 11:30 am on Thursday, four cabinet ministers abruptly left the Assembly premises for the hospital, leading to speculations. The Assembly proceedings were adjourned till noon when the news broke.
Minister Irfan Ansari confirmed that his colleague had been taken ill. Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren also visited Paras Hospital to enquire about Hasan’s condition.
According to Dr Nitish, Head of Paras Hospital, the minister was initially stabilised with medication after being brought in a serious state with lung infection that caused breathing trouble.
On the instructions of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, he was later airlifted to Medanta Hospital on Friday morning.
Dr Nitish explained that although Hasan was receiving appropriate treatment in Ranchi, his family felt Medanta was better suited since the minister had undergone heart bypass surgery there earlier in June.
“Considering his recent medical history, the family decided to continue further treatment at Medanta,” he said.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren, along with several ministers, had visited Paras Hospital a day earlier to check on Hasan’s health. The minister’s condition remains under close observation.
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