Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan have been shifted from the Sitapur jail to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow for covid treatment, officials said on Sunday.
"Azam Khan has tested positive for COVID-19, and has moderate symptoms," Medanta Hospital (Lucknow) Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor said.
On May 2, the jail administration tried to convince Azam Khan for treatment at Lucknow''s King George''s Medical University but the SP leader refused to move out of the jail.
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On Sunday, he was convinced and officials confirmed in the evening that he along with his son were headed to Lucknow''s Medanta Hospital.
"Azam Khan has fever, and has been kept on four litres of oxygen. His tests are being conducted, and accordingly his treatment will be done. His son is stable," Kapoor said.
A team of doctors from the district hospital, including Sitapur CMO Madhu Garola, had examined Azam Khan on Sunday.