CHANDIGARH: Famous Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, who’s tested positive for COVID-19, was on Monday hospitalised, together with his son as well as genius golfer Jeev Milkha Singh stating that the transfer was a preventative action. The 91-year-old Milkha was at home isolation in his Chandigarh home after he tested positive to the virus on Wednesday. He’s been admitted into Fortis hospital at Mohali. Hospital sources said that Milkha’s condition was”secure”. “He’s been hospitalised. He had been feeble and not eating because yesterdayso we needed to hospitalise him. Although his parameters appeared okay, we believed it’s safer to get him confessed he’d be under supervision of senior physicians,” Jeev told PTI. “He’s under great care of physicians there. He’s a strong guy, always confident and will recover soon,” added that the runner, who touched here on Saturday from Dubai after his dad tested positive. Milkha had previously said a few home helps was infected with the virus and his family failed evaluations. “Just I returned confident on Wednesday and I’m surprised,” Milkha’d told PTI after testing positive. Not one of the other household members, such as Milkha’s spouse Nirmal Kaur, a former India volleyball captain, also returned a positive evaluation. “Wishing rapid retrieval to’Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh Ji that has been declared in hospital at Mohali for #Covid19 therapy. Get well soon Sir!” Punjab chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh tweeted. Wishing quick retrieval to’Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh Ji that has been declared in hospital at Mohali to get #Covid19 t… https://t.co/lOOAD5xdnl— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) 1621867052000Earlier, Nirmal Kaur had stated PGIMER here’d delivered an attendant along with oxygen centers to care for him in his residence. The mythical athlete is an four-time Asian Games gold-medallist and 1958 Commonwealth Games winner but his best performance was that the fourth place finish in the 400m closing of the 1960 Rome Olympics. His time in the Italian funds stayed the federal document for 38 years until Paramjeet Singh struck it in 1998. In addition, he represented India at the 1956 and 1964 Olympics and has been inoculated the Padma Shri in 1959.
COVID positive sprint legend Milkha Singh hospitalised, condition stable
