Arun Jaitley on life support: Amit Shah, President Kovind visit AIIMS as former finance minister’s health goes critical

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Jaitley did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election because of his ill health

Arun Jaitley been put on life support. According to sources, the veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader is critical.

Jaitley has been put on extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), The Hindu reported citing hospital sources. ECMO is used for those whose lungs and heart are incapable of operating on its own.

Moneycontrol could not independently verify the news.

The 66-year-old was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on August 9 after he had complained of restlessness and breathlessness. A multidisciplinary team of doctors at AIIMS has been appointed to supervise his treatment.

Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS in May as well. He did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election because of his ill health.

AIIMS has not issued any official statement on Jaitley’s health since August 10. Jaitley is under observation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

On August 16, various prominent BJP leaders visited Jaitley at the hospital. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Home Minister Amit Shah were among the ones who met the former finance minister. President Ram Nath Kovind, too, visited the hospital to meet Jaitley.

Jaitley, a lawyer by profession, had been an important part in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet in the BJP government's first term. He held the finance and defence portfolios, and often acted as the chief troubleshooter of the government.

He had undergone a renal transplant in May 2018 at AIIMS with Railways Minister Piyush Goyal filling in for him in the finance ministry at that time.

Jaitley, who had stopped attending office since early April last year, was back in the finance ministry on August 23, 2018.

In September 2014, he underwent bariatric surgery to correct the weight he had gained because of a long-standing diabetic condition.

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Arun Jaitley health: As per reports, Arun Jaitley has been put on ECMO (Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation), which is also called extra-corporeal life support

 

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What is ECMO

The Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation is a technique in which doctors provide prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to the patient whose heart and lungs fail to provide sufficient gas.

Health Minister Dr Vardhan, after a visit to AIIMS on Friday, said: "Doctors at AIIMS are doing the best they can." He was among the several BJP leaders who visited the ailing leader at the medical institute and hospital.

 

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