Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in coma. Doctors attending to the 84-year-old said he is being treated for respiratory infection and continues to be on ventilatory support. 


New Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in a deep coma and on ventilator support, according to reports. The report added that the renal parameters of Mukherjee have improved.

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Doctors have also said that Mukherjee is hemodynamically stable while his blood circulation parameters, blood pressure, heart and pulse rate — are stable and normal.

Mukherjee is currently admitted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi. The former president fell at home last Sunday (August 9) and sustained a head injury. He had to undergo brain surgery at the hospital on the night of August 10 to remove the blood clots in his head.

He tested COVID-19 positive before the surgery.

On August 10, the former President had also informed that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on his Twitter account.

"On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID-19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self-isolate and get tested for COVID-19," Mukherjee had tweeted.