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Kanshi Ram shifted to Delhi
September 15, 2003 11:08 IST
Last Updated: September 16, 2003 00:12 IST
Bahujan Samaj Party president Kanshi Ram, who was admitted to Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad following a stroke, was shifted to Delhi by a chartered aircraft on Monday night.
He suffered the stroke on waking up while travelling in a Hyderabad-bound train early Monday.
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"He suffered an attack of right Hemiparesis associated with difficulty in speech. He is conscious but unable to speak clearly and is unable to remember recent events," NIMS Director Dr K Subba Rao said in a press release.
The BSP president, who undertook hectic tour of coastal Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, was to participate in a party meeting in Hyderabad.
"The MRI of his brain revealed acute infarct in left thalamus and internal capsule while MR angiogram of brain showed diffuse atherosclerotic changes," Dr Rao said.