
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was admitted to AIIMS on Tuesday with a kidney tract infection, chest congestion and the urine output on the lower side, is now showing improvement in his condition.
A report released by the AIIMS said,"Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is stable. He continues to show improvement and is being monitored by a team of doctors".
The BJP veteran leader, however, continues to be in the ICU of the Cardio-thoracic Centre at the hospital.
AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria had, on Wednesday, said the 93-year-old leader was showing significant improvement and the doctors were hopeful of his full recovery in the next few days.
Vajpayee, a diabetic, has one functional kidney. He had suffered a stroke in 2009 that had weakened his cognitive abilities. Subsequently, he had developed dementia.
He was thrice elected the prime minister between 1996 and 1999 and is the only non-Congress prime minister to complete the full term of five years, from 1999 to 2004. As his health deteriorated, he had slowly withdrawn himself from public life and was confined to his residence for years.
(With inputs from PTI)