Raipur

Choubey recovering well, but still in ICU

Staff Reporter

Chhattisgarh minister Ravindra Choubey is recovering well but is still in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Senior Congress leaders, including AICC General Secretary (Administration) Motilal Vora on Wednesday paid visit to him at the hospital and wished him a speedy recovery.

Chaubey, who suffered a cardiac arrest on last Saturday morning, is undergoing treatment at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow under supervision of Head of the Cardiology Department Dr Praveen Goyal.

“There is a considerable improvement in his health. He is out of dialysis. Blood pressure of him is now normal and other vital organs are also responding well,” said a health bulletin released by the hospital.

Chairman Medical Wing of CGPCC Dr Rakesh Gupta informed that “though vital organs of him are now responding well and he is stable, Choubey is still in Intensive Care Unit. It will take time for complete recovery and the possible date of his     discharge cannot be said now”.

According to Congress sources the family of Choubey are satisfied with the treatment being done at the SGPGIMS and have decided to continue the rest of the treatments there.

The leaders who met Choubey, apart from Vora, include Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar, Higher Education Minister Umesh Patel and legislator Vikas Upadhyay. Chief Minister is specially monitoring the health of Choubey and is taking information of the treatment time to time.s