A day after undergoing angioplasty, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said he was unable to travel among the people during the past several days as he was plagued by post-Covid health issues
The 70-year-old Congress leader had tested positive for the virus infection in April and after recovery in May, he faced post-Covid issues.
Gehlot issued an announcement here, saying he was working day and night after recovering from the disease and failed to get proper rest.
“I couldn’t take proper rest as advised by doctors. thanks to this, i’m having post-Covid problems for therefore long. this can be the explanation why within the last several days, i used to be unable to travel among the people of the state,” he said within the statement.
Gehlot had been targeted by the Opposition for a few time for apparently not leaving his residence to fulfill people.
The chief minister further said that he failed to have cardiac issues before, and as per doctors, it’s a post-Covid effect.
He also thanked everybody for wishing him healthiness.
Doctors say Covid has varied effects on people. It affects organs just like the heart, brain, kidney, liver etc. Even after recovering from it, problems like headache, exhaustion and breathlessness persist, and then both Covid and post-Covid should be taken seriously, the chief minister added within the statement.
He underwent angioplasty, a procedure to open clogged arteries, at a government hospital in Lucknow on Friday.
Gehlot said he would be under supervision of doctors at the Sawai Mansingh Hospital (SMS) for the nowadays.
He asked people to follow Covid-19 protocols, including mask, social distancing and hand washing, seriously, and acquire themselves vaccinated on time.
The chief minister also urged people to consult a doctor if they need any symptoms after recovering from Covid as even the slightest negligence will be serious.
