Kolkata:Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, was admitted to a hospital here on Tuesday
after his health condition deteriorated, officials said.
His oxygen level slipped below 90 per cent this morning, following which doctors advised him to get admitted to a medical facility, they said.
"Bhattacharjee has been in home isolation and put on BiPAP support. Even though his oxygen level dropped below 90. We did not take any chance," said a doctor at the private hospital, where he was admitted.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, 77, and his wife Mira Bhattacharya, 71, tested positive for Covid-19 on May 18.