Chandigarh: The Flying Sikh Milkha Singh is now stable as he was admitted to Fortis Hospital in Mohali on Wednesday after suffering from diarrhea and dehydration apart from less oxygen saturation level on Monday afternoon. But his 82-year-old wife Nirmal Kaur, a former India volleyball captain, was on Wednesday admitted to the same hospital in Mohali after testing positive for COVID pneumonia.
Sources said that he was shifted out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital where he is being treated for COVID pneumonia, indicating signs of improvement in his condition.
Fortis hospital stated, "He continues to be stable on oxygen support. However, he is weak and we are trying to persuade him to increase his food intake. Today, we have stepped him down from the ICU to a room which he is sharing with his wife Mrs Nirmal Milkha Singh who was admitted earlier in the day with Covid pneumonia. Both are being closely monitored."
According to the reports, Kaur had earlier returned negative when all of Milkha's family members were tested for the virus. He is suspected to have contracted the infection from the house helps who had tested positive for the virus.
Their son and Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh said, "Mom and dad are on oxygen. They will pull through."
The 91-year-old legendary Indian athlete is a four-time Asian Games gold-medallist and 1958 Commonwealth Games champion but his greatest performance was the fourth-place finish in the 400m final of the 1960 Rome Olympics. His timing at the Italian capital remained the national record for 38 years till Paramjeet Singh broke it in 1998. He also represented India in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics and was bestowed the Padma Shri in 1959.
On the other hand, Kaur is the former captain of the Indian volleyball team and former Joint Director, Sports, UT, Chandigarh. She is also known to be a dedicated administrator, who worked for the welfare of sportspersons.
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