Hyderabad: Doctors at a hospital here forcibly administered intravenous fluids yesterday to YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who had been on an indefinite fast for seven days to oppose bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh without justice to all regions of the state.
On directions from Chanchalguda Jail officials, doctors at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) forcibly gave intravenous fluids to Jagan as his condition was deteriorating, a hospital official said.
Jagan, as the MP from Kadapa is popularly known, was shifted late on Friday night to NIMS for better treatment but he had refused to end the fast.
Jagan’s wife Bharati was by his side when doctors administered IV fluids to him. She reached the hospital after the CBI court permitted her to stay with him daily from 8 am to 4 pm.
Earlier, Jagan, who is in judicial custody in a disproportionate assets case, was shifted from Osmania General Hospital to NIMS.
A team of eight doctors is monitoring the condition of the young leader, who may have to remain in hospital for two to three days.
As the sugar and blood pressure levels had dropped considerably and ketone bodies in urine were high, doctors had advised him to agree to take intravenous fluids.
The doctors had warned that his condition could deteriorate further if he continued his fast.
On Friday night, Jagan’s mother, Y S Vijayamma, wife Bharati and brother-in-law Anil Kumar were not allowed to meet him. They left the hospital after seeing him from a distance.
The MP had been only drinking water since he began his fast in Chanchalguda Central Jail on Sunday. He was shifted to Osmania Hospital Thursday night.
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