Covid-positive former Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee admitted to hospital

Former Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who tested positive for coronavirus last week, was admitted to a hospital on Tuesday after his health condition deteriorated.

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who tested positive for Covid-19 last week, was admitted to a hospital here on Tuesday after his health condition deteriorated, officials said. His oxygen level slipped below 90 per cent this morning, following which doctors advised him to get admitted to a medical facility, they said. "Bhattacharjee has been in home isolation and put on BiPAP support. His oxygen level dropped below 90. We did not take any chance," a doctor at the private hospital, where he was admitted, told PTI.