Sonia Gandhi admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital for ‘abdomen-related issue’

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi on Thursday morning. 

Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi this morning at 8:30 am due to stomach related issues, said the Hospital.

Sonia Gandhi, who turned 78 in December 2024, is currently under observation by a team of doctors. According to PTI, Sonia Gandhi is in stable condition and is expected to be discharged on Friday.

“She was admitted today for some abdomen-related issue. However, there is no major concern and in all likelihood she will be discharged by tomorrow morning,” said Dr Ajay Swaroop, chairman- Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

The Congress MP is under the care of Dr Samiran Nundy, gastroenterology specialist.

Sonia Gandhi's last public appearance was last week when she was seen at Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament on February 13.

On February 10, Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked the government to complete the population census at the earliest, claiming that around 14 crore people in the country are being deprived of their rightful benefits of free and subsidised food grains under the food security law.

In her maiden Zero Hour intervention in the Rajya Sabha, Sonia Gandhi said beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) are being identified as per the 2011 Census, and not the latest population numbers and thus many are deprived.

The National Food Security Act, 2013, provides for coverage of up to 75 per cent of the rural and up to 50 per cent of the urban population for receiving highly-subsidised foodgrains under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), which according to 2011 Census comes to about 81.35 crore.

At present, the PM Modi-led NDA government provides 5 kg of free foodgrains per person per month under the food security law.