Jogi stable, but only semi-conscious

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Last updated on: April 12, 2004 09:30 IST

Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, who was operated upon on Sunday night at the Bombay Hospital in south Mumbai, for a spine injury he suffered in an accident, is now stable, a doctor attending on him said.

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"Jogi is stable and all his health parametres are fine and [he] is semi-conscious. Only by afternoon we will be in a position to tell how he is responding to the surgery," Dr Devpujari, a neuro-surgeon, told PTI.

A team of five doctors headed by Dr Devpujari operated upon Jogi for over three hours.

Jogi will be on ventilator till Monday night , Dr Devpujari said.

Jogi was injured when his car crashed into a tree in his Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency.
 
Chhatisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Mehttar Lal Sahu and Jogi's driver were also critically injured in the accident.     
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