Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Monday, according to media reports. The 63-year-old has been admitted to a private ward of the hospital.
As per the media reports, she has been admitted to the hospital for ‘routine check-up’. She was taken to the hospital around 12 noon.
Yesterday, FM Sitharaman paid floral tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ in Delhi.
Earlier, In Tamil Nadu , during a convocation ceremony at a university, she said that India is recognised as the pharmacy of the world as the country produces global standard medicine at affordable cost. At the 35th annual convocation of The TamilNadu Dr MGR Medical University, she said India produces about 60% of global vaccines and 70% of the World Health Organisation’s vaccines for essential immunisation schemes.
Adding further, India supplies 50% of all of Africa’s demand for generic medicine, 40% of USA’s need for generic medicine, and 25% of the UK’s requirement of all medicines.
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