- Sources said that he was taken ill with a severe stomachache at his official residence in Chandigarh on Tuesday night. From there, he was airlifted and admitted to the hospital in Delhi
Two days after he drank a glassful of water directly from Kali Bein, a holy rivulet in Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was admitted to Delhi’s Indraprastha Apollo Hospital with a stomachache late on Tuesday.
In a video, Mann can be seen scooping up a glass of water from a river and gulping it down amid cheers from supporters. The CM drank the water, which is usually polluted with sewage waste from neighbouring towns and villages, without hesitation, NDTV reported.
The video is from last Sunday. Days later, he was admitted to a hospital in New Delhi.
However, the Punjab Chief Minister was discharged on Thursday. He had complained of abdominal discomfort.
Mann was admitted to Apollo Indraprastha Hospital at Sarita Vihar in the national capital on Wednesday and discharged on Thursday.
At the hospital, he was examined for stomach ache following which the doctors diagnosed him with an infection.
He was kept under the observation of a high-level multidisciplinary team of medical experts in a private ward in the hospital and remained stable.
He was accompanied by his wife and sister at the time of discharge.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had visited Mann in the hospital on Wednesday.
Interestingly, Mann had drunk the glass of water from Kali Bein on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the cleaning of the river in Sultanpur Lodhi on Sunday. He had announced the launch of a statewide campaign to clean rivers and drains in the state .
However, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), of which Mann is a member, denied the chief minister had any infection. They said that he went to the hospital for a ‘routine checkup’ and was discharged last evening.
