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സോണിയാ ഗാന്ധിയെ ഐ.സി.യുവില്‍ നിന്ന് മാറ്റി

Published on 06 August, 2011
സോണിയാ ഗാന്ധിയെ ഐ.സി.യുവില്‍ നിന്ന് മാറ്റി

ന്യൂയോര്‍ക്ക്: ഉദര ശസ്ത്രക്രിയയ്ക്കു വിധേയയായ കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ് അധ്യക്ഷ സോണിയാ ഗാന്ധിയെ തീവ്രപരിചരണ വിഭാഗത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് മാറ്റിയതായി അധികൃതര്‍ വ്യക്തമാക്കി. ഗുരുതരമായ ഉദര രോഗത്തിന് കഴിഞ്ഞ ദിവസമാണ് അമേരിക്കയിലെ സ്‌ളോവാന്‍ കെറ്ററിംഗ് ആശുപത്രിയില്‍ സോണിയയെ പ്രവേശിപ്പിച്ചത്. സോണിയ അതിവേഗം സുഖം പ്രാപിച്ചുവരികയാണെന്ന് കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ് വൃത്തങ്ങള്‍ അറിയിച്ചു.

അതിനിടെ സോണിയ എട്ടുമാസമായി കാന്‍സര്‍ രോഗത്തിനു ചികിത്സയിലായിരുന്നെന്ന് അവരുമായി അടുത്ത വൃത്തങ്ങളെ ഉദ്ധരിച്ചു ലണ്ടനിലെ ടെലിഗ്രാഫ് പത്രം ഇന്നലെ റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ട് ചെയ്തു. പുറമേ ആരോഗ്യവതിയായി കാണപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നെങ്കിലും അവരുടെ നില ഗുരുതരമാണെന്നും ടെലിഗ്രാഫ് പറയുന്നു. ഗര്‍ഭാശയ കാന്‍സറിനാണു ശസ്ത്രക്രിയയെന്നു ചില അഭ്യൂഹങ്ങള്‍ പരന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്.

see also:

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/where-is-sonia-gandhi-confusion-persists/20110806.htm

 

Where is Sonia Gandhi? Confusion persists

 

For the second consecutive day on Friday, several Indian journalists went to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre on 68th Street and York Avenue in Manhattan, New York, where Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has reportedly undergone a surgery.
To their chagrin, all they could see was the usual hospital activity, with no extra police presence, let alone Rahul or Priyanka Gandhi.
Where is Sonia Gandhi then? Is the Congress chief in Sloan-Kettering, one of the world's most renowned cancer hospitals?

"Due to federal patient privacy regulations, we are unable to provide any information as to whether an individual is a patient in our facility. I'm sorry but I'm unable to answer your questions," was the reply to inquiries from the department of public affairs at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre.

The result paved the way for all types of rumours, some of which found their way into newspapers and news portals in India. But what is the source for all that? No one would tell.

It was a news portal's blog in India that first reported that Gandhi, 64, was admitted at Sloan Kettering. But there has been no confirmation from hospital authorities, Congress leaders or diplomatic sources.

Media in India also reported that she was being treated by noted cancer specialist and oncologist Dr Nori Dattatreyudu, who currently serves as professor and executive vice chairman of the radiation oncology department at The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City hospital. That hospital is not far from Sloan Kettering. Nori worked at Sloan Kettering earlier.

After many calls to all his numbers, Dr Nori responded and informed India Abroad on Thursday that he was on vacation in Iceland. But his relations in the US later in the evening claimed that he had been called back urgently and was returning to New York.

When called Friday, he said he wanted to neither confirm nor deny anything. Asked if it meant that he was part of the team that takes care of Gandhi, he said he had no answer.

Dr Surinder Malhotra, president of the Indian National Overseas Congress, and George Abraham, general secretary, could not shed more light on the matter. Dr Malhotra suggested that the press and the people should respect the privacy of leaders, especially when they fall sick.

Entrepreneur Sam Pitroda, considered to be close to the Gandhi family, too could not say much or opted to keep silent.

There has been no announcement from any hospital where she may have been admitted, though there is much speculation about the possible ailment she is suffering from.

One source suggested she is either in Johns Hopkins in Baltimore or George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC.

Journalists in the ethnic and mainstream media, have been calling everyone with possible connections to the Congress Party or the Gandhi family in attempts to get some authentic information. To no avail.
Meanwhile, amidst the speculations on Sonia's surgery, several people from New Jersey, US, belonging to the Indian Congress Party arrived outside the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre to wish her speedy recovery.

However, the hospital security did not allow them to enter the hospital. The group then held prayers, conducted by Hindu and Sikh priests, outside the cancer centre.
Later, they offered prayers at the hospital chapel across the street.

The Indian Congress Party, USA is an organisation formed to support and unite Congress supporters in the US.
Image: Members of the Indian Congress Party, USA outside the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre

 

 

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