Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij discharged from hospital

Anil Vij, a BJP MLA from Ambala Cantt, had tested positive for COVID-19 on December 5. Initially, he was admitted to the Civil Hospital at Ambala and later shifted to the PGIMS, Rohtak, before being hospitalised at Medanta.

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December 30, 2020 / 16:35 IST

File image of Haryana minister and BJP leader Anil Vij

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij was on Wednesday discharged from Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital where he had undergone treatment for COVID-19.

"I am discharged from Medanta Hospital today. Will stay at Home on Oxygen support," he said in a tweet.

Over the past some days, Vij had been showing steady improvement. He was admitted to Medanta hospital on December 15.

“With God's grace, day and night efforts of doctors and your prayers today, I have been shifted from the ICU to a room. Thanks to all,” Vij, who also holds the Health Department portfolio, said in another tweet a week ago.

Vij (67), a senior BJP MLA from Ambala Cantt, had tested positive for COVID-19 on December 5. Initially, he was admitted to the Civil Hospital at Ambala and later shifted to the PGIMS, Rohtak, before being hospitalised at Medanta.

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Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij discharged from hospital

Anil Vij, a BJP MLA from Ambala Cantt, had tested positive for COVID-19 on December 5. Initially, he was admitted to the Civil Hospital at Ambala and later shifted to the PGIMS, Rohtak, before being hospitalised at Medanta.

File image of Haryana minister and BJP leader Anil Vij

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