Modi visits Vajpayee at AIIMS for the third time
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited his ailing predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee for 15-minutes, who is undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). This is the third time Modi has visited the former PM, who was admitted to the country's premier hospital on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, chest congestion, urinary tract infection and urine output on lower side.
Modi inaugurated emergency block at Safdarjung Hospital
Modi laid the foundation stone for National Center for Ageing at AIIMS and also inaugurated an emergency block at Safdarjung Hospital. He dedicated a 300-bed Power Grid Vishram Sadan in AIIMS and a 'connection motorable tunnel' between AIIMS, Ansari Nagar and Trauma Center. Vajpayee, the 93-year-old BJP leader, a diabetic, has one functional kidney. He suffered a stroke in 2009. Subsequently, he developed dementia.