Arvind Kejriwal healthy, asked to continue insulin dose

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, April 27, 2024: A five-member medical board set up on the direction of a Delhi court has asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to continue taking two units of insulin in prison, a source in Tihar Jail told India Today TV. No changes have been made to the list of prescribed medicines and Kejriwal is "completely healthy", the source said.

On the orders of a Delhi court, a team of five doctors of AIIMS reviewed Kejriwal’s health through a video conference on Saturday. The conference, which was also attended by two doctors of Tihar jail, lasted for about half an hour, the source said.

The medical board will review Kejriwal’s health again after a week.

"The board asked Arvind Kejriwal to continue the same medicines that he was already taking. Kejriwal was asked to continue the dose of two units of insulin in jail," the source said.

The AAP supremo was given the first insulin dosage in Tihar Jail after his sugar level spiked to 320 earlier this week.

Last week, the Delhi court had rejected Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking daily consultations with his doctor through video conferencing. However, the court directed Tihar jail authorities to constitute a medical board comprising doctors from AIIMS to decide whether the AAP supremo, a Type 2 diabetic, required insulin or not.

The court had also allowed home-cooked food but said it must strictly adhere to the diet chart given by Kejriwal’s doctor. The court order came after the ED alleged that Kejriwal was deliberately eating mangoes, aloo puri, sweets to raise his blood sugar levels to create grounds for medical bail.

The AAP had alleged a conspiracy to kill the Delhi CM in prison by denying him insulin and other medicines for diabetes.

Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the ED in connection with a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy. He has been lodged in Tihar jail number 2 since April 1.