Union health and science minister Dr Harsh Vardhan informed that he has donated his mother’s eyes at AIIMS after she passed away on Sunday. The Union Minister took to Twitter to share that it was his mother’s wish to donate her eyes after her death.
“As per her wish, her eye donation was made at AIIMS right after her demise,” he said.
Dr Harsh Vardhan’s mother Snehlata died on Sunday after a cardiac arrest. She was rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) after she collapsed suddenly, but was declared dead by the doctors. She was 89.
“Heartbroken to inform that my dearest person on earth, my Mother, has left for heavenly abode. She was 89 & suffered a cardiac arrest today morning. A towering personality, my guide & philosopher, she has left a void in my life that none can fill. May her pious soul find peace,” tweeted the minister, along with a photograph of him with his mother.
Vardhan also mentioned that he would submit her body to the administration of Maulana Azad Medical College for scientific research.
Minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office, Jitendra Singh, also paid his respect to Dr Harsh Vardhan’s later mother. He wrote in a tweet: “My sincere condolences to Dr Harsh Vardhan ji, with whom I share a long-time relationship as my senior, both in medical profession as well as in public life. Mother’s void can never be filled.”
Congress MP Digvijay Singh also paid condolences and wrote, “Very sorry to hear about the sad demise of Harsh Vardhan ji’s Mother. Our condolences to Harsh Vardhan ji and his family. May her Soul rest in Peace.”
