Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s condition is critical and he is on oxygen support, Medanta Hospital said on Saturday, news agency ANI reported.
“Condition of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is critical. He is on oxygen support," Medanta Hospital said, ANI reported.
Azam Khan and his son Mohammad Abdullah Khan tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30 and were admitted to Lucknow's Medanta Hospital. Azam Khan and his son were shifted from a Sitapur jail to the hospital for coronavirus treatment on May 9.
The hospital authorities said on May 26 that 30-year-old Abdullah is stable and is still being observed by an expert team of doctors. Azam Khan, along with his son and wife Tazeen Fatma, was lodged in jail in February last year in connection with various cases. The Allahabad High Court had in December granted bail to Tazeen Fatma in all 34 cases registered against her.