Assam: 3-time former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi admitted to GMCH again

Guwahati: Within a week of his release from the Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH), the former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi was again admitted to the hospital on Sunday night.

According to reports, The former chief minister Tarun Gogoi was admitted to GMCH at 10.30 pm on Sunday after he complained of "breathing difficulties."

Sources have informed us that there was a spike in Carbon dioxide in Gogoi's body during the night.

The 85-year-old former chief minister was admitted to the GMCH on August 26 after he tested positive for COVID19.

Tarun Gogoi was discharged on October 25 after 60 days of hospitalization. GMCH authorities said that Gogoi had developed post-COVID complications necessitating a longer stay.

In a tweet on October 26, Tarun Gogoi also thanked the medical team of GMCH for his recovery.

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“I thank the entire medical team at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital including the specialists, doctors, nurses, staff, for their excellent care for the past two months. I look forward to continuing my recovery at home under medical supervision,” Gogoi had tweeted.

After his release from the hospital, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said Gogoi’s “further treatment shall continue in his official residence under the supervision of the doctors from the medical college”.

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