
Milkha Singh, the former Commonwealth Games champion and 1960 Rome Olympian, was admitted to Nehru Hospital Extension at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Thursday, four days after being discharged from a Mohali hospital after contracting Covid-19 last month.
Milkha Singh was isolated and on oxygen assistance at home after being released from the Mohali hospital on Sunday, before being taken to PGIMER on Thursday afternoon with low oxygen levels.
“Flying Sikh Milkha Singh has been admitted in ICU in Covid Hospital of PGIMER at 3.35 pm.today due to dipping levels of oxygen.He has been kept under observation and is stable now,” said Prof Ashok Kumar, Official Spokesperson, PGIMER.