Government concedes to Vijayawada MP's demand

The fasting Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal, who shocked the police machinery by "disappearing" from the Government General Hospital in Vijayawada on Sunday night, succeeded in getting the government concede his demand for shifting him to the super speciality Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad.

After remaining clueless about his whereabouts for 12 hours, the Government said on Monday morning that it had no problem to treat him in the NIMS if he was keen on that. Mr. Rajagopal, who was on fast-unto-death for seven days on the issue of unified Andhra Pradesh, refused to undergo medical treatment in the GGH in Vijayawada unless he was shifted either to the NIMS or his fasting camp in the city.

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