The Indian Express : Feb 24, 2019, 06:09 PM
Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is suffering from a pancreatic ailment, was taken to Goa Medical College late Saturday night for upper GI endoscopy, and will remain under observation for a day, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. However, the CMO maintained that Parrikar’s condition is stable.“CM is under observation, there is nothing to worry or speculate. He will be here for a day. We have kept him in an isolated room, doctors wanted some tests done so he was brought in. He is a fighter. He should be back home a day after,” Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane said outside GMC hospital.Parrikar, 63, had visited Delhi on January 31 for follow-up treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Parrikar has been in and out of hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, Delhi and the US in the last March 2018.