Dasmunsi's condition stable at AIIMS

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi's condition remains stable at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), doctors said Friday.

According to doctors, the minister's vital parameters continue to be normal but he is still at the cardiac care unit (CCU).

'A team of doctors are closely observing his condition,' said a senior doctor at AIIMS.

Dasmunsi, 63, was rushed to AIIMS past midnight Monday after he complained of breathlessness due to lung congestion caused by heart attack. He was put on a ventilator but was taken off it Wednesday.

This was his second heart attack in three months. He suffered a heart attack July 8 and had undergone an angioplasty and stenting of two coronary arteries. Dasmunsi has a 10-year history of diabetes.