Sonia Gandhi returns to Delhi, taken to hospital for check-up after suffering from high blood pressure and fever

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who had break off her road show in Varanasi on Tuesday after she fell ill, returned to the national capital last night and was taken to a hospital for a check-up.

Written by: Indo-Asian News Service

Published: August 3, 2016, 12:07 AM IST

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New Delhi, Aug 3: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who had break off her road show in Varanasi on Tuesday after she fell ill, returned to the national capital last night and was taken to a hospital for a check-up, party leaders said. Congress general secretary and UP in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters at the airport that she was suffering from dehydration.

Gandhi, who reached Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, earlier on Tuesday to a rousing reception, took ill midway through her road show and had to abort it. (ALSO READ: Sonia Gandhi ill, returns from Varanasi to Delhi; daughter Priyanka Gandhi receives her at the airport).

She was taken to a lodge where doctors attended on her and advised her rest. Ghanshyam Srivastava, a doctor who attended on her, said she was feeling dehydrated and running high blood pressure (88-172) as well as fever.