Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi has been hospitalized after his health reportedly deteriorated. The ex-Lok Sabha speaker was admitted to the Hinduja Hospital at Mahim in Mumbai on Monday night.
According to the hospital officials, the senior politician is in the ICU. However, he is stable, as per the hospital statement. “Dr Manohar Joshi, ex-CM Maharashtra has been admitted to PD Hinduja Hospital on May 22 in an emergency in a semicoma, breathing on his own, not on a ventilator. He has complications from a brain tumour. He is currently in the ICU, being managed medically. He is stable, but continues to need critical management,” the hospital’s statement read.
Besdies being the CM of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999, Manohar Joshi was also the speaker of Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his wife Rashmi Thackeray visit Manahor Joshi at the hospital, party sources informed.
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