New Delhi | CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury continues to be under treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here for a respiratory infection, a party source said on Sunday.
The 72-year-old is currently in the intensive care unit (ICU), the source said.
Yechury was admitted to the AIIMS on August 19 for treatment of a pneumonia-like chest infection. The exact nature of his ailment was not revealed by the hospital.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the CPI(M) had said he is under the care of a team of specialist doctors who are treating him for respiratory infection.
Yechury had recently also undergone cataract surgery.
