NEW DELI: The former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today dead at 83 in a Shillong hospital following a sudden illness on Monday.
Abdul Kalam, who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007, collapsed at the Indian Institute of Management-Shillong while delivering a lecture to the students of the B-school.
Kalam (84) took ill at a function here and was rushed to the hospital, M Kharkrang, SP Khasi Hills, said.
The former President collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management here at around 6.30pm and was taken to the hospital.
Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was on Monday admitted to a private hospital here in Meghalaya in a critical condition.
Kalam collapsed at the Indian Institute of Management-Shillong while delivering a lecture to the students of the B-school.
The former president was brought almost dead to our hospital. He is in a critical condition. We are trying to revive the patient,” John Sailo Ryntathiang, director of Bethany Hospital, told.
Meghalaya Governor V Shanmughanathan and Chief Secretary P B O Warjri visited Bethany hospital where Kalam has been admitted.
