Amar Singh under observation, court to decide on bail

Sep 13, 2011 |

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Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was under observation Tuesday here at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for a kidney-related ailment, doctors said.

A Delhi court will also decide the interim bail plea of the MP.

Ram Jethmalani, arguing for Singh said 'he is not going to die but is really sick'.

He was brough to AIIMS on Monday night following a rise in creatinine level in his body, Tihar jail spokesman Sunil Gupta said.

Creatinine is a fairly reliable indicator of a person's kidney functioning.

Singh, 55, was admitted in the private ward of AIIMS at around 8pm, Gupta said. "Since his creatinine level was high, we decided to shift him to AIIMS", he added.

A panel of doctors at Tihar jail examined Singh, found his creatinine level high and decided to refer him for admission in AIIMS, Tihar sources said. Dr S Gupta, head of the Nephrology of AIIMS, is attending on Singh.

Singh, former Samajwadi Party general secretary, has been in Tihar jail since his arrest on September 6 in connection with the cash-for-vote scam.

Earlier in the day, Tihar jail authorities, quoting a report on his medical status, told a special court here that health parameters of Amar Singh are ‘stable and normal’. Singh is seeking interim bail from a Delhi court on medical ground.

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