Geelani Flies to Delhi for Treatment
SRINAGAR; Top pro-freedom leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, is battling an acute respiratory infection and has been flown to New Delhi for hospital treatment, a party spokesman said Thursday.
Geelani, 84, has for years suffered from multiple health ailments including a heart condition that requires a pacemaker and serious kidney problems.
Geelani returns to valley on March 5 and was placed under house detention.
On Wednesday, the ailing resistance leader refused to travel to Delhi on a state government aircraft offered to him by authorities and instead flew by a regular commercial flight the next day, aides said.
"We believed the government wanted to gain political mileage out of Geelani's illness (by offering him travel on a state aircraft)," his spokesman, Ayaz Akbar, told in Srinagar.
Aides said Geelani was expected to receive treatment in a hospital in the New Delhi satellite city of Gurgaon, which boasts many high-tech medical treatment centers.
Hundreds of people visited Geelani's home daily after news of illness spread and colleagues asked supporters to "pray for his early recovery".
He was seen off by scores of supporters shouting "Geelani zindabad (Long live Geelani) and "We want freedom" as he left his Srinagar home for the airport today at 11:15 am.
According to sources, Geelani landed at Delhi airport at 3:00 pm.
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| Syed Geelani at Srinagar Airport, leaving to Delhi for Treatment |
Geelani returns to valley on March 5 and was placed under house detention.
On Wednesday, the ailing resistance leader refused to travel to Delhi on a state government aircraft offered to him by authorities and instead flew by a regular commercial flight the next day, aides said.
"We believed the government wanted to gain political mileage out of Geelani's illness (by offering him travel on a state aircraft)," his spokesman, Ayaz Akbar, told in Srinagar.
Aides said Geelani was expected to receive treatment in a hospital in the New Delhi satellite city of Gurgaon, which boasts many high-tech medical treatment centers.
Hundreds of people visited Geelani's home daily after news of illness spread and colleagues asked supporters to "pray for his early recovery".
He was seen off by scores of supporters shouting "Geelani zindabad (Long live Geelani) and "We want freedom" as he left his Srinagar home for the airport today at 11:15 am.
According to sources, Geelani landed at Delhi airport at 3:00 pm.
“He has an appointment with Dr. Vikram Sara Bhai at Medanta
Hospital in Gurgaon at around 6pm in evening. He will be going under full
through check up,” Hurriyat Spokesperson Ayaz Akbar said.
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