Banna discharged from Rims, Shibu recovering in Delhi

Ranchi: State minister for health, medical education and family welfare Banna Gupta (Congress) was discharged from Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) on Tuesday evening after he tested negative for Covid-19. Meanwhile, JMM president and Rajya Sabha MP Shibu Soren, admitted at a private hospital in New Delhi, is on the road to recovery, party sources here said.
Gupta was admitted to Rims on August 18 after he tested positive for Covid-19 through an RT-PCR test, hours after he had attended a cabinet meeting, sending most ministers, including CM Hemant Soren, into home quarantine. Gupta, who was discharged 14 days after he was admitted, said he will resume his duties after completing his mandatory 14-day-home quarantine. “I am grateful to the doctors who helped me recover quickly. I pledge to donate my plasma once I become eligible for it (after 28 days),” Gupta said. Last week, state water resources minister Mithilesh Kumar Thakur donated his plasma.
Shibu, who tested positive on August 22, was taken to New Delhi by train from Bokaro. “His throat and nasal swabs were collected three days ago for tests. He is doing fine and we are awaiting further updates,” a JMM office-bearer in Ranchi said.