2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: May 13, 2026 12:17 PM IST
Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon on Wednesday morning for a minor medical procedure, hospital sources have said.
However, there has been no official confirmation regarding her admission or the nature of the procedure.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Gandhi visited the hospital for a routine check-up. “She is now back home,” he said, PTI quoted.
In March, the 79-year-old Congress leader was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital following complaints of vomiting and nausea.
At the time, Dr Ajay Swaroop, Chairman, Ganga Ram Hospital, had said investigations were being conducted to find if there is any infection in the stomach.
In June last year, she was taken to Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital in Shimla after she complained of high blood pressure, a party functionary had said, while she was on a personal visit to the state with her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The senior leader was hospitalised in the past for a fungal infection in her lower respiratory tract and underwent a procedure for the same.
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Sonia Gandhi turned 79 in December last year and is currently serving as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.
She has served five terms as a Lok Sabha MP prior to her term in the Upper House. The high-profile parliamentarian is also a two-time former president of her party.
Sonia became an MP for the first time in 1999 from Amethi, a seat once represented by her late husband Rajiv Gandhi. She shifted to Raebareli in 2004, leaving Amethi for Rahul.
She is the second member of the Nehru-Gandhi family to enter the Rajya Sabha. Her mother-in-law and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was a member of the Upper House from 1964 to 1967 before she won the Lok Sabha election from Raebareli.
