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"Public institutions need the patronage of the powerful if they are to inspire public confidence," Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said today, questioning why Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, has been admitted to a private hospital.
Mr Shah, 55, has been admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon, neighbouring Delhi, sources said.
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New Delhi: "Public institutions need the patronage of the powerful if they are to inspire public confidence," Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said today, questioning why Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, has been admitted to a private hospital.
Mr Shah, 55, has been admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon, neighbouring Delhi, sources said.
In a tweet on Sunday, the minister said his health was "fine" but he was being hospitalised "on the advice of doctors".
He also requested that all those "who have come in contact with me in the last few days, please isolate yourself and get your inquiry done".
Shashi Tharoor reacted to a tweet on the premier All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.
AIIMS was established in 1956 when Jawaharal Nehru was the Prime Minister.
"Wonder why our Home Minister, when ill, chose not to go to AIIMS but to a private hospital in a neighbouring state.