Azam discharged from Medanta, sent back to Sitapur jail

Lucknow: Rampur MP and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was discharged from Medanta Hospital and sent back to Sitapur jail after being treated for post-Covid complications. He was hospitalised on July 19 after he complained of breathlessness and his oxygen level dipped to 90.
Medanta’s Lucknow director Dr Rakesh Kapoor said, Azam Khan has recovered well.
He was suffering from post-Covid complications when he was admitted in July and has been vaccinated with Sputnik first dose last week.
Earlier, Azam and his son, Abdullah, had tested positive for coronavirus on May 1 and was shifted to Medanta hospital on May 9. On July 13, the duo was shifted back to Sitapur jail and lodged in a ‘tanhai’ barrack.
Azam and son have been accused of forging birth certificates during filing of nomination papers for assembly elections in 2017.