Days after being discharged from the hospital, India monitor and subject legend Milkha Singh was once more admitted to a hospital on Thursday. The 91-year-old has been admitted to Nehru Hospital Extension at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
As per a report in The Indian Express, the legend was admitted earlier in the day after dip in his oxygen degree.
“Milkha Singh has been admitted to the Nehru Hospital Extension at PGIMER at 3.35 pm today after dipping levels of oxygen. He is being observed by a team of doctors,” a PGIMER official was quoted as saying in the report.
Milkha Singh, who had examined positive for the novel coronavirus, had earlier spend six days at a hospital in Mohali earlier than being discharged.
Meanwhile, the previous athlete’s wife Nirmal Kaur can also be battling exhausting towards the virus and is at present in ICU on the Mohali hospital.
As per experiences, it’s suspected that Milkha Singh contracted the COVID-19 virus final month from his home assist.
The couple’s son and ace golfer Jeev, flew down to Chandigarh from Dubai on Saturday whereas daughter, Mona Milkha Singh, who’s a health care provider in the United States, additionally arrived at Chandigarh just a few days in the past.
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 in the 400m ultimate on the 1960 Rome Olympics. His timing on the Italian capital remained the nationwide report for 38 years until Paramjeet Singh broke it in 1998.
Milkha additionally represented India in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics and was bestowed the Padma Shri in 1959.
– with PTI inputs
