Vajpayee admitted to AIIMS, condition stable (Lead)
"As per the advice of doctors Vajpayeeji has been admitted in AIIMS today for routine check-ups and investigations " said the Bharatiya Janata Party statement.
In its statement The hospital said that the veteran leader s condition is stable and tests are going on.
"He is stable. A team of doctors under the supervision of Randeep Guleria Director AIIMS are conducting tests " AIIMS said in its statement. Guleria who is a pulmonologist has been a personal physician to Vajpayee for many years.
Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda at a press meet on achievements of his ministry in the last four years too said Vajpayee was admitted for routine check-ups.
Vajpayee 93 who was Prime Minister briefly in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004 has retreated from active politics over the last few years due to falling health conditions.
--IANS mgu/vd