COVID optimistic Milkha Singh clinically steady: Hospital
1 min read Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh is “clinically stable with decreasing oxygen requirement” as he fights COVID pneumonia, the hospital the place he’s being handled stated on Tuesday.
Milkha was on Monday admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Fortis hospital in Mohali. The 91-year-old examined optimistic for the virus final Wednesday.
“Mr Milkha Singh is clinically stable with decreasing oxygen requirement,” the hospital replace learn.
He was identified with “COVID pneumonia” on Monday after his admission.
Earlier Milkha’s golfer son Jeev had stated that the choice to hospitalise him was a precautionary measure.
“Though his parameters seemed alright, we thought it is safer to have him admitted where he would be under supervision of senior doctors,” Jeev had advised PTI on Monday.
Milkha is suspected to have contracted the an infection from home helps who had examined optimistic for the virus.
“Only I returned positive on Wednesday and I am surprised,” Milkha had stated.
None of the opposite members of the family, together with Milkha’s spouse Nirmal Kaur, a former India volleyball captain, returned a optimistic take a look at.
The legendary athlete is a four-time Asian Games gold-medallist and 1958 Commonwealth Games champion however his biggest efficiency was the fourth place end within the 400m remaining of the 1960 Rome Olympics.
His timing on the Italian capital remained the nationwide document for 38 years until Paramjeet Singh broke it in 1998.He additionally represented India within the 1956 and 1964 Olympics and was bestowed the Padma Shri in 1959.
