Senior Congress politician and Chhattisgarh’s Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey suffered a mild cardiac arrest on Saturday morning in Lucknow and was rushed to hospital that created panic in political circle in his home State.
The 60-year-old politician fainted at a hotel in Lucknow around 9 am and was taken to Sahara Hospital. Later he was shifted to Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGI), Lucknow where he was kept in an Intensive Care Unit.
Choubey was camping in Uttar Pradesh capital to campaign for party mainly in Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies.
“He (Choubey) did not take any water or liquid on Friday night and had stomach upset issue too and at around 9 in morning on Saturday he fainted at hotel and was rushed to hospital,’’ Praveen Shukla, OSD to the Minister, told The Pioneer over phone.
He said that doctors attending on him stated that the minister had suffered a mild heart attack. “He is doing well now and is completely out of danger,’’ Shukla said while quoting doctors. He informed that the minister would all likely to be discharged within 24-48 hours.
As the news of the minister’s heart attack broke out, politicians cutting across party line besides well-wishers, his family members and relatives reacted in shock. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel who too was in Lucknow, visited to hospital immediately and ensured the best available medical facilities to the minister who represents Saja assembly seat under Bemetara district.