NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Monday.
According to the sources quoted by PTI, the 63-year-old has been admitted to a private ward of the hospital after symptoms of viral fever and is recovering. She was taken to the hospital around 12 noon.
"She is admitted to AIIMS. But nothing serious. She is fine. Nothing to worry," a source quoted by ANI said.
The Finance Minister is due to present the Union Budget 2022-23 on February 1, 2023.
On Saturday, Ms Sitharaman attended the 35th annual convocation of The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University in Chennai. The finance minister observed that medical education in Tamil Nadu should be taught in the Tamil language as there was a definite need towards strengthening it.
On Sunday, the finance minister paid floral tribute to the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on his birth anniversary at 'Sadaiv Atal' in New Delhi.
(With additional inputs from agencies)