NEW DELHI: Veteran Marxist leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet, who was admitted to a hospital in Noida with an acute respiratory problem, has slipped into coma on Saturday. His condition remains critical.“He is in coma and is not responding,” Dr. Purushottam Lal, who is monitoring his condition at the Metro Hospital, said.
The 92-year-old CPI(M) leader was admitted to the hospital on May 6.
“Though his vital organs are stable, his condition is neither better nor worse. He had seizures and was medicated for it and his brain is still functioning,” Dr. Lal said.
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat and Polit Bureau member S. Ramachandran Pillai were at the hospital for more than two hours on Saturday evening to enquire about the condition of Mr. Surjeet. They also had consultations with the team of doctors who are attending on the leader.