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President calls on ailing Basu

President K R Narayanan Saturday met ailing West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi and enquired about his health.

Narayanan, who spent about 15 minutes at the hospital, presented a bouquet to the veteran Marxist leader and wished him a speedy recovery.

Earlier, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee telephoned 86-year-old Basu and wished him quick recovery.

The condition of Basu, admitted to AIIMS after complaining "uneasiness", is stable and fine, hospital sources said. Basu, who was admitted to the institute's cardiac care unit Friday, was shifted to a private room Saturday morning.

Basu was first admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital after he complained of uneasiness during a meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist central committee in New Delhi Friday.

He was later shifted to AIIMS for a further medical check-up.

An AIIMS spokesman said Basu, who spent a restful night, is expected to resume normal activity from Sunday.

An expert panel of doctors, headed by the institute's professor of cardiology V K Bahal, felt that the ailing chief minister is expected to be "in a condition where he could resume normal activity" by Sunday, he said.

PTI

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