Pranab Mukherjee, Former President Of India Dies Aged 84 In New Delhi

Team Latestly Aug 31, 2020 07:08 PM IST

Pranab Mukherjeee, the 13th President of India has died aged 84. Mukherjee breathed his last at Army Research and Referral Hospital, New Delhi where he was recovering from a brain surgery. The octogenarian had also contracted COVID-19 during his treatment for a blood clot in his brain. Post an emergency surgery on August 10, Mukherjee had been on ventilator support. His health continued to deteriorate and a health bulletin on August 31 described his condition as deteriorating. Mukherjee contracted a lung infection after which his body went into a septic shock which generally causes multi-organ failure. His death was announced shortly thereafter.

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