New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday evening at 5 p.m., four days after being admitted for a complete medical check-up, hospital sources said.
With his recovery, Mr Shah may attend the remaining monsoon session of the parliament that began on Monday with COVID safety measures.
On September 13, Shah was admitted to the apex hospital for a complete check-up ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament. This was the third time he was admitted to hospital after contracting coronavirus infection.
Shah was suffering from post-COVID ailments for a month. On August 2, he had tested positive for COVID-19 and received treatment at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. The Home Minister was discharged on August 14 after testing negative.
He had tested positive for COVID-19 on August 2 and received treatment at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. The Home Minister had made an announcement about the infection on Twitter while saying that he got tested after showing initial symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
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Taking it to Twitter, he had written, "On getting the initial symptoms of the corona, I got the test done and the report came back positive. My health is fine, but I am being admitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors. I request that all of you who have come in contact with me in the last few days, please isolate yourself and get your inquiry done."
He was discharged after testing negative on August 14. But he was re-admitted to AIIMS on August 18 after he complained of "fatigue and body ache". He left the hospital after 13 days on August 31 after the doctors said the Home Minister had "recovered".
With agency inputs
