Former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal undergoes check-up at Mohali hospital as health deteriorates

Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, who recently recovered from COVID-19, was taken to a private hospital in Mohali for a post-COVID check-up. The 94-year-old former Punjab chief minister was taken to Fortis Hospital in Mohali for a cardiac and pulmonary check-up, sources in the hospital said. Badal was on 24 January discharged from a hospital in Ludhiana where he was admitted after he tested positive for COVID-19 a few days earlier. Parkash Singh Badal came from Muktsar to the private hospital in Mohali for a health check-up, said Harcharan Bains, principal advisor to SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. The SAD patriarch was advised bi-weekly or tri-weekly precautionary check-ups and he has been maintaining this periodic regimen, especially after being tested for COVID-19, Bains said. He added that Parkash Singh Badal has been routinely interacting with people in the election campaign in the state. The party had earlier said that he would be taken to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh. Notably, Parkash Singh Badal, a five-time chief minister, is seeking re-election from Lambi constituency in the 20 February Punjab Assembly elections. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.