Sourav Ganguly tests COVID positive, admitted to Kolkata hospital

Kolkata: BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the cricket board sources said on Tuesday. Ganguly is double vaccinated and has been travelling extensively, taking part in all professional activities. [caption id=“attachment_9421591” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  File image of BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. Sportzpics[/caption] The 49-year-old was rushed to a hospital late on Monday night as a precautionary measure after his RT-PCR test returned positive. The 49-year-old Ganguly had undergone an emergency angioplasty earlier this year and given the history, a panel of the doctors is keeping a close watch on his health status. “He received Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail therapy on the same night and is currently haemodynamically stable,” Dr Rupali Basu, MD & CEO of Woodlands Hospital, said in a statement. “A medical board comprising Dr Saroj Mondal, Dr Saptarshi Basu and Dr Soutik Panda in consultation with Dr Devi Shetty and Dr Aftab Khan is keeping a close watch on his health status,” Basu added. His elder brother Snehasish Ganguly had also tested positive for COVID early this year.