Lalu’s health deteriorates, may have to undergo dialysis

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Incarcerated Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad is suffering from kidney malfunctioning and may have to undergo dialysis if his condition deteriorates further, doctors from the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) said on Sunday.

“His blood creatinine levels are higher than normal. It would be too early to say whether he needs dialysis or not, but he may have to undergo the process if his condition deteriorates further in the days to come,” said Dr. Umesh Prasad, who has been treating the former Bihar CM at RIMS.

Dr. Umesh said that Prasad was also suffering from diabetes and other age-related ailments, so any abnormality in his health reports should not be ignored. “There are many other ailments that he (Prasad) is suffering from, but the inflated serum creatinine level is our greatest concern as of now,” he added.

Prasad was first admitted in the cardiology wing of RIMS in 2018 after he complained of discomfort while serving imprisonment in the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi. Since then, he has been undergoing treatment at the hospital. In 2018, he was referred to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi from where he was later discharged and sent back to Ranchi.

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday deferred Prasad’s bail plea hearing to November 27. The RJD chief’s lawyer, Kapil Sibal, told the court that Prasad has completed half of the seven-year sentence awarded to him in fodder scam and urged the court to release him on bail.

As per the jail manual, Prasad was allowed to meet three visitors on Saturday. However, he refused to meet anybody on the day and preferred spending time alone, doctors said.

In August 2014, Prasad underwent two major heart surgeries — one to replace an aortic valve and the other to repair the aorta, at Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai. He has since been under medications.

He has also had four episodes of perianal abscess, an infection in the rectum which may lead to formation of fistula, doctors said. Currently, he is under medication for hypertension, diabetes, kidney and heart.

A CBI court on December 23, 2017 convicted Prasad in a fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.89 lakh from the Deoghar treasury from year 1991 to 1994 and sent him to jail. A month later, he was convicted in another fodder scam case and sentenced to five years of imprisonment.