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Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon has been put on ventilator support and his condition according to doctors is “serious but under control”.

Tandon, 85, was admitted to the Medanta Hospital here on June 11 with breathing problems, difficulty in urination and fever.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited the hospital on Tuesday and enquired about the governor’s health.

“The condition of the governor is serious but under control. He is still on elective ventilatory support and is currently under strict supervision of the team of critical care specialists,” according to the hospital bulletin.

According to a hospital bulletin issued on Monday, Tandon “developed internal abdominal bleeding for which an emergency operation was performed. The operation was successful and he was shifted to ICU under strict supervision of medical experts”.