New Delhi: There has been an improvement in the health condition of former president Pranab Mukherjee who underwent life-saving emergency surgery for brain clot on August 10, his son Abhijit Mukherjee said on Wednesday.

Taking to Twitter, Mukherjee’s son Abhijit, who visited the former president in the hospital on Saturday, informed that his health condition is much better now as he is responding well to the treatment.

“Yesterday, I had visited my Father In Hospital. With God’s grace & all your good wishes, He is much better & stable than D preceding days! All his vital parameters are stable & he is responding to treatment! We firmly believe that He will be back among us soon. Thank You (sic),” Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted.

Mukherjee continues to be on ventilatory support

The 84-year-old former president was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantonment on Monday and was operated upon for the removal of a clot in the brain. He had also tested positive for Covid-19.

“The condition of Hon’ble Shri Pranab Mukherjee remains unchanged this morning. He continues to be on ventilatory support. His vital and clinical parameters remain stable and are being closely monitored by a team of specialists,” the hospital had said in a statement on Saturday.

Yesterday, Mukherjee’s office had also posted pictures of the former president unfurling the national flag on Independence Day in the past and wishing fellow citizens on the day.

“On behalf of #CitizenMukherjee, his office recalls some of the recent Independence Day celebrations, he so enthusiastically participated in and would have never missed. Today also the Tricolor flies high.

“As he recuperates, let us re-pledge ourselves to a free, democratic and plural India that he stands for and hope that he is back to celebrate these core values of our Nationhood at the earliest,” his office tweeted on his behalf.