Milkha Singh admitted to PGIMER with dipping oxygen degree

Four days after Flying Sikh Milkha Singh was discharged from a Mohali hospital after contracting Covid-19 final month, the previous Commonwealth Games champion and 1960 Rome Olympian was admitted to Nehru Hospital Extension at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Thursday.
While the 91-year-old athletics legend stayed within the Mohali hospital for six days earlier than getting discharged, Singh’s spouse Nirmal Kaur continues to be within the ICU on the Mohali hospital with fluctuating oxygen requirement.
“Yes, my father has been admitted in the PGIMER today,” Singh’s son and 14-time worldwide winner Jeev Milkha Singh confirmed to The Indian Express on Thursday night.
Singh, who had contracted the Covid-19 virus on May 19 final month after one of many cooks at their Sector 8 residence examined optimistic for Covid-19, was admitted in a Mohali hospital on May 24 after affected by diarrhea and dehydration aside from much less oxygen saturation degree.
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Singh was in isolation and on oxygen help at his residence after his discharge from the Mohali hospital on Sunday final week earlier than he was admitted to PGIMER on Thursday afternoon with dipping ranges of oxygen.
“Milkha Singh has been admitted to the Nehru Hospital Extension at PGIMER at 3.35 pm today after dipping levels of oxygen. He is being observed by a team of doctors,” stated a PGIMER official.

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While Singh was earlier admitted in ICU on the Mohali hospital, he was later shifted to a traditional room together with his spouse Nirmal Kaur, who examined optimistic for Covid-19 final week. Kaur was shifted to the ICU of the Mohali hospital on May 26 resulting from Covid pneumonia. Singh’s daughter Dr Mona Singh, who works in Covid ward in Metropolitan hospital in New York, got here to India final week and is coordinating with the docs on the hospitals.
While Kaur, a former Indian volleyball captain was admitted on elevated oxygen help in ICU final week, her situation was steady and he or she stays within the ICU. “Mrs Milkha Singh continues to be in ICU with fluctuating oxygen requirement,” learn the medical bulletin on Nirmal Kaur on Thursday.

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“While my father remains on Oxygen support at our home, my mother is in ICU at Mohali hospital. It’s been a tough time for the family and we are hopeful that both my parents will pull through this,” Jeev had advised The Indian Express on Tuesday.