Former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was on Friday admitted to a private hospital in Guwahati after complaining of “very high pressure”.
He is the second former Chief Minister to be hospitalised after 85-year-old Tarun Gogoi, who is undergoing treatment after testing COVID-19 positive on August 25. Mr Gogoi headed a Congress government for three consecutive terms from 2001-2016.
“He [Mr Mahanta] had a few meetings in Nagaon amid tremendous heat and was very exhausted after returning on Friday. He felt uneasy after what the doctors said was a bout of very high pressure,” said Dhruba Sarma, an aide of the former Chief Minister.
Doctors at the hospital said he had been put in intensive care unit because of a mild neurological problem and his condition was stable.
Mr. Mahanta, 68, is the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) MLA from the Barhampur Assembly constituency in central Assam’s Nagaon district.
