PM Modi wishes Manmohan Singh speedy recovery, Health Minister Mandaviya visits him at AIIMS

A doctor said Singh's condition was stable. The 89-year-old former prime minister was admitted to AIIMS Delhi Wednesday after he complained of weakness following a fever.

File photo of former prime minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi | PTI Photo

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished his predecessor Manmohan Singh, who has been admitted to the AIIMS, a speedy recovery, while Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visited him at the hospital.

Singh was admitted to to a private ward of the cardioneuro centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Wednesday evening after he complained of weakness following a fever.

Modi tweeted, “I pray for the good health and speedy recovery of Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji.”

Earlier, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visited the former prime minister and enquired about his health from the doctors treating him.

“Singh’s condition is stable,” a doctor at the hospital said.

The 89-year-old former prime minister is under the care of a team of cardiologists led by Dr Nitish Naik, the doctor said.

Singh had a fever on Monday and had recovered, but turned weak and was on fluids.