New Delhi, June 5: Prominent poet Munawwar Rana was admitted to the intense care unit of Post Graduate Institute Hospital on Monday in Lucknow after he suffered a major cardiac arrest, ANI reported. The condition of Rana remains stable and doctors put him under observation for next few days. Rana was struggling with a bad health for few months.
According to SGPGI officials, the 64-year-old Rana was admitted last night. Senior doctors are monitoring his health condition, hospital sources said.
On October 18, 2015, the poet returned his Sahitya Akademi award along with along with Rs one lakh cash prize during a live TV debate and vowed never to accept any government award again. In the debate with other writers and politicians, Rana had said that he decided to return the award because he was disappointed with the prevailing situation in the country. Rana remained a vocal opponent to the increasing incidents of communal hatred.
(with inputs from PTI)
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