Dasmunsi on ventilator after heart attack

India's News.Net Monday 13th October, 2008 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was put on the ventilator at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday after he suffered a second heart attack in three months. His condition is serious but stable, doctors said. 'He is in stable condition. His blood pressure, heart rate, respiration etc have been maintained. But he continues to be in a serious condition,' D.K. Sharma, medical superintendent of AIIMS, told IANS. Dasmunsi was rushed to the hospital at around 2.30 a.m. Monday after he complained of breathlessness due to lung congestion caused by heart failure, Sharma said. He was put on the ventilator. Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited Dasmunsi, 63, and spent some time with his family,... [read full story]