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Kejriwal responding well to treatment in Bengaluru: CMO

Kestur Vasuki

Amid churning and simmering discontent in his party, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is on medical leave and is undergoing treatment at Jindal Nature Cure Institute for his persistent cough and high sugar levels is doing well and recovering fast.

According to Babina Nandakumar, Chief Medical Officer at Jindal Nature cure Institue, the Delhi Chief Minister was responding well to naturopathy treatment. She said, “He is responding well, insulin dosage has been reduced and his sugar level and cough has reduced now compared to what it was before.”

Kejriwal will undergo colon hydrotherapy, which will remove non-specific toxins from the colon and intestinal tract, Nandakumar said.

“Colon hydrotherapy is a treatment which is used to wash out the contents of the large bowel by means of copious enemas using water or other medication,” she said. Nanadakumar said Kejriwal undergoes this therapy for three-sessions of 40 minutes, every alternate day.

Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convener, had left for Bengaluru for treatment on March 5, a day after the ouster of party leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from the party’s Political Affairs Committee. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also advised him to go to Bengaluru to consult a Yoga therapist for his persistent cough.

Kejriwal is staying in an accommodation with two bedrooms, a hall and a treatment room, called “Nest” at the Institute, a specialty charitable naturopathy and yoga hospital in an eco-friendly campus of 100 acres.

A set of four senior doctors, including an acupuncturist, physiotherapist and a yoga officer, are taking care of Kejriwal at Jindal.

AAP chief’s parents also are undergoing naturopathy treatment, she said. “The father is suffering from constipation and the mother from diabetes and arthritis,” she said.