Former PM Manmohan Singh's condition stable, improving

New Delhi: The condition of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday evening after he complained of weakness following fever is stable and improving, reports PTI quoting a hospital official.

"His condition is stable and improving," the AIIMS official quoted as saying. The official told that Singh's health condition was 'improving now from the infection caused by fever'.

The official added thaht Singh s on IVs to address the weakness. He also clarified that 'Singh was not on ventilator support and his health condition was recovering gradually'.

The 89-year-old former prime minister has been admitted to a private ward in the Cardio-Neuro Centre of the hospital and is under the care of a team of cardiologists led by Dr Nitish Naik.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited Singh on Thursday evening to enquire about his health.

Earlier, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday morning had visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to meet and enquire about the health condition of former Prime Minister

The health minister stayed with Manmohan Singh for some time and enquired about his health in detail.

The former PM had tested positive for Covid infection in April this year during the second Covid surge and had been admitted to the AIIMS.