AYUSH Minister Panaji/UNI: Union Minister of State for Defence and AYUSH, Shripad Naik, will be discharged from Manipal Hospital later on Saturday, according to a senior doctor of the hospital.
"We are discharging Shripad ji today by 1.30 to 2 pm," Dr Shekhar Salkar from Manipal Hospital said.
The union minister was admitted to the hospital on Aug 12 after he had tested positive for Covid-19.
His health condition was being monitored by a team of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
The team had visited Goa to review Naik's health condition during his hospitalisation twice.
Naik is a senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from the North Goa constituency.
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