Rohtak (Haryana): Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij's health condition deteriorated on Tuesday. Anil who had tested positive for coronavirus recently, has been shifted to the PGIMS hospital at Rohtak from the civil hospital after he complained of discomfort on Saturday night.
According to a health bulletin issued by the PGIMS hospital on Monday, Vij was examined by a special medical board comprising a team of senior doctors of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), constituted by the institute's director Rohtas Yadav.
"In view of skigram (X-ray) finding and status of the pulmonary parameters, the committee (doctors) was of the opinion that he has moderate COVID-19 with bilateral viral pneumonia," the bulletin said.
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"Various options for the management were discussed... it was decided that Anil Vij shall be given one more unit of convalescent plasma today (Monday) evening and all other therapies can continue as before," it said.
The bulletin also mentioned that "the issue of any adverse development of his condition has also been discussed and conveyed to the health minister (Vij). Various therapies and their pros and cons were also discussed with him..."
Vij had earlier said that he had gone to Panipat few days prior to testing positive for coronavirus where he spent 2-3 hours with a BJP leader, who too had tested positive for COVID-19.
