"With a Heavy Heart, this is to inform you that my father Shri Pranab Mukherjee has just passed away inspite of the best efforts of Doctors of RR Hospital and prayers, duas and prarthanas from people throughout India! I thank all of You," his son Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted.
This morning, the army hospital in Delhi had reported a decline in his condition, reports NDTV.
He had gone into septic shock due to his lung infection, the Army's Research and Referral Hospital had said.
Pranab Mukherjee was admitted to hospital on August 10 and had surgery the same day for the removal of a clot in the brain. He had tested positive for COVID-19 in hospital. "On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID-19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self-isolate and get tested for COVID-19," he had posted.
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He developed a lung infection and a renal dysfunction over the past few days, according to doctors.
On Wednesday, the hospital said Mr Mukherjee's "renal parameters are slightly deranged".
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also expressed profound shock and sorrow describing Pranab Mukherjee as ‘a true friend’ of Bangladesh and a friend of her family.
President Abdul Hamid said Pranab Mukherjee played an important role in creating public opinion in the international arena in support of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
The death of Pranab Mukherjee is an irreparable loss in the arena of politics in the subcontinent," Hamid also said.