Ex-Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi suffers cardiac arrest, put on ventilator

The 74-year-old leader is on ventilator support as his breathing is still irregular, said the hospital.

According to the medical bulletin, the 74-year-old leader is on ventilator support as his breathing is still irregular.


Summary

  • Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi was admitted in a private hospital here on Saturday after he suffered a cardiac arrest, doctors said, adding that his condition is critical.
  • Citing the information provided by family members of the 74-year-old leader, the hospital said he fell unconscious in his home garden in Raipur this morning.
  • Ajit Jogi’s son Amit Jogi told Hindustan Times that the health of his father is serious.
  • As per a health bulletin released by Shree Narayana Hospital, Ajit Jogi was given cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at his residence before he was rushed to the hospital.
  • “Jogi suffered a cardiac arrest at his house only.
  • As of now, his ECG and pulse have returned to normal which means his heartbeat is returning to normal functioning.
  • But his respiration is still not normal.
  • He is on a ventilator and his condition is critical,” it said.
  • Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel spoke to Amit Jogi over phone and assured that the state government will ensure he gets best treatment, an official statement said.
  • A bureaucrat-turned politician, Ajit Jogi served as the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003 in the then Congress government, after the formation of the state.
  • Ajit Jogi parted ways with the Congress in 2016 after he and Amit Jogi got embroiled in a controversy over alleged fixing of the by-election (2014) held for Antagarh seat in Kanker district.
  • Subsequently, he formed his own outfit Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J).
Source : Hindustan Times

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