PM offers to arrange doctors for Basu’s treatment

PM Manmohan Singh assured doctors attending CPM leader Jyoti Basu that arrangements would be made to bring experts from other parts of the country if required.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured doctors attending CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu that arrangements would be made to bring experts from other parts of the country if required for treatment of the ailing 95-year-old leader.

“Prime Minister discussed treatment procedures with doctors and assured them that if any other doctors are required for consultation from any part of India for Basu’s treatment,he can make arrangements if informed,” former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said quoting him.

Chatterjee,who was present at the hospital,said the doctors told the Prime Minister that they would inform him if the situation so required.

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The Prime Minister,accompanied by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee,Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and WBPCC working President Pradip Bhattacharya,was in the hospital for nearly 20 minutes.

Chatterjee said Singh also spoke to Basu’s son Chandan and conveyed his best wishes for the ailing leader’s speedy recovery.

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee also accompanied Dr. Singh to the nursing home and spent some time inquiring about Basu’s health.

Basu’s health condition deteriorated on Wednesday morning,following which he has been put on a ventilator for the last 24 hours.

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There are reports that despite Basu’s condition critical,his blood pressure has stabilized.

Earlier in July 2009,Basu was admitted to the hospital complaining of discomfort in the abdomen and a disturbed sleep.

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