(PTI)
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was today admitted to AIIMS and is scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant operation tomorrow, sources said. Jaitley, 65, has been suffering from a kidney ailment and skipped office since Monday. He has not even taken oath of office after being re-elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Sources said the minister, who was confined to a ‘controlled environment’ at home, was shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) this evening. A kidney transplant operation is scheduled for tomorrow, they said, adding all formalities for a donor kidney have been completed. The minister, who cancelled his scheduled visit to London for the 10th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue next week, had confirmed his illness in a tweet yesterday.
