Former President A P J Abdul Kalam, a
popular head of state between 2002 and 2007, died today after he
collapsed during a lecture in Shillong.
84-year-old Kalam was rushed to
Bethany hospital in Nongrim hills after he collapsed during the lecture
in the Indian Institute of Management at around 6.30 PM.
Chief Secretary P B O Warjiri told
reporters outside the hospital that he had spoken to Union Home
Secretary L C Goyal asking for necessary arrangements to be made for
carrying Kalam’s body from Guwahati to Delhi tomorrow morning.
“The former President has been
admitted to Bethany hospital in a critical condition,” M Kharkrang, SP
Khasi Hills said earlier. The former President collapsed during a
lecture at the Indian Institute of Management at around 6.30 PM and was
rushed to the hospital in Nongrim hills in the capital city of
Meghalaya, where he is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Doctors from the army hospital and
North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical
Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) rushed to Bethany hospital. Governor V
Shanmughanathan, Speaker Abu Taher Mondal, Home Minister Roshan Warjiri,
the Chief Secretary and DGP Rajiv Mehta rushed to the hospital.
Governor V Shanmughanathan, Speaker
Abu Taher Mondal, Home Minister Roshan Warjiri, the Chief Secretary and
DGP Rajiv Mehta rushed to the hospital.
