Gujarat BJP MLA Ashaben Patel succumbed to multiple organ failure due to Dengue on Sunday.
Patel had been in critical condition after liver damage due to Dengue and multi-organ failure subsequently. She was under treatment at Zydus Hospital in Ahmedabad.
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According to Dr. V.N. Shah, Zydus Hospital, Ashaben was admitted to the hospital on Thursday evening due to dengue.
She gradually developed multi-organ failure. Her heart and lungs had weakened and her liver and kidneys were not functioning.
“All these organs were functioning on a life support system,” Shah said in a video message on social media.
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The Gujarat government on Saturday moved a team of expert doctors from government-controlled UN Mehta hospital to Zydus hospital in a bid to provide further medical assistance to her.
Ashaben was diagnosed with Dengue after having a fever on December 7 after she returned from Delhi where she met several top BJP leaders.
She got herself treated at a local hospital in Unjha for 2 days and later was shifted to Zydus Hospital in Ahmedabad.
Ashaben Patel was elected in 2017 from Congress ticket but later switched to the BJP. She won the by-election in 2019 with a margin of 23,072 votes.