Face of Nation : Former Union finance minister Arun Jaitley is in “critical” condition and a team of multidisciplinary doctors is supervising his treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Jaitley around 11.30 pm Friday, an hour after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went to the hospital to enquire about his health.Jaitley, 66, was admitted to AIIMS on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness.
Last Saturday, following a visit to the hospital, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu had said he was responding to treatment. “Former Union finance minister Arun Jaitley is stable and his condition is improving gradually,” Naidu had said, adding that he was told by doctors that Jaitley was “responding to the treatment and his condition is stable”.
Jaitley, a lawyer by profession, had been an important part of Modi’s Cabinet in the BJP government’s first term. He held the finance and defence portfolios, and often acted as the chief troubleshooter of the government.
