Gujarat Agriculture Minister suffers stroke, hospitalised

Ahmedabad, Feb 11 : Gujarats Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Raghavji Patel was admitted to the hospital following a brain hemorrhage stroke.

The doctors have said that the 65-year-old ministers condition is improving.

Patel suffered the brain stroke in Jamnagar while attending a program.

Dr.

Sanjay Tilala, a neurosurgeon at Rajkots Synergy Hospital said that Patel received primary treatment at a local hospital in Jamnagar before being referred to their facility.

Patel joined politics in 2012 and won his maiden assembly seat in the same year from Jamnagar-Gramya seat on Congress ticket.However, Patel joined BJP in 2017.

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