Tarun Gogoi, Former Assam Chief Minister On Life Support After Battle With COVID-19, Marginal Improvement In Condition, Says Doctors

The health condition of three-time former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi remains "critical" despite some positive signs like "spontaneous eye opening", doctors said on November 22. Gogoi has been battling post-coronavirus health complications for a month now. The 86-year-old veteran Congress leader had become "completely unconscious" on the afternoon of November 21 after difficulty in breathing, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told NDTV. He also suffered multiple organ failure, the minister confirmed to NDTV. Since November 21, Gogoi has been on mechanical life support at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. Tarun Gogoi's son, Congress leader and MP Gaurav Gogoi, is at the hospital. Gogoi had tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease on August 25 and was admitted to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital the next day. He had recovered from COVID-19 after two months. Earlier this month, on November 2, he had to be re-admitted to the hospital because of post-coronavirus complications, and was on non-invasive ventilation till his condition deteriorated on November 21.