New Delhi, Aug 18 (Zee Newz): President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife Suvra, who was in a critical condition in a military hospital in the national capital, passed away on Tuesday.
“It is informed with deep sorrow that First Lady, Mrs Suvra Mukherjee, passed away this morning at 10.51am,” said a post by the President’s official Twitter handle.
The First Lady was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Army Research and Referral Hospital on August 7 after she complained of breathlessness and discomfort. Mukherjee had cut short an official visit to Odisha and returned to the capital after she fell ill.
Official sources had said at the time that Suvra had been ill for some time. Authorities at the military hospital had described her condition as critical.
Officials had said the First Lady had a history of heart ailments and was taken to hospital after she developed a respiratory problem.