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Senior politician and general-secretary of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, Pramod Mahajan, passed way in Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai at 16:10 IST (10:40 UTC) today. He was 56 years of age. Mr. Mahajan had been shot three times at point blank range by his younger brother Pravin on the 22 April 2006. After being shot, Mr. Mahajan was rushed to hospital where he was given 25 bottles of blood to compensate for the extensive bleeding he suffered. Pramodji also sustained severe injuries to his pancreas and small intestine. Over the past 12 days his condition had remained critical yet stable. He was on a respirator, and ionotropes had to be administered to him to keep his blood pressure up. The seriousness of the condition made it unsafe for doctors to operate on him and remove the bullets lodged in Pramodji's body.

Events took a turn for the worst when he developed Acute respiratory distress syndrome around 36 hours ago. This prompted physicians to further increase the level of respiratory support provided to Mr. Mahajan. This afternoon doctors reported that Pramodji was suffering from multiple organ failure-the first indication that Mr. Mahajan's life was in grave danger. Family and well-wishers of Pramodji were allowed to enter the ICU around 14:30 IST today. Unofficial reports that Mr. Mahajan had died surfaced around two hours later. The attending physicians from Hinduja Hospital made an official statement to this effect at 16:50 IST. Pramodji's family made the decision to cease giving him artificial ventilitaion after doctors made it clear to them that chances of Mr.Mahajan's recovery were very bleak. He will be given a state funeral tomorrow in Mumbai at 12:00 IST (6:30 UTC).

Sources

• ibnlive.com "Pramod Mahajan dies after multiple organ failure". CNN-IBN, 3 May 2006
• "Indian opposition politician dies". BBC News Online, 3 May 2006

This article originally appeared at WikiNews.

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