Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in deep coma, ventilator support: Hospital

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The condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee declined on Monday morning and he has suffered a septic shock due to his lung infection

Pranab Mukherjee

New Delhi: The condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee declined on Monday morning and he has suffered a septic shock due to his lung infection, the Army's Research and Referral Hospital said.

Doctors attending on him said that he continues to be in a deep coma and is on ventilator support.

Mukherjee is being managed by a team of specialists, they added.

"There has been a decline in the medical condition of Shri Pranab Mukherjee since yesterday. He is in septic shock due to his lung infection and is being managed by a team of specialists. He continues to be in a deep coma and on ventilator support," the hospital said in a statement.