Azam, son shifted to Medanta

Senior Samajwadi Party leader and Rampur MP Azam Khan and his son Azam Abdullah, who are currently lodged in Sitapur district jail, were shifted to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow on Sunday. The father-son duo had tested positive for Covid on May 1. They were among 15 jail inmates who had contracted the infection.
DG, Prisons, Anand Kumar said that based on the examination by a panel of doctors, it was decided to shift Rampur MP Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan to an L-3 level hospital in Lucknow and Medanta was chosen for the purpose. Azam and his son were sent to Lucknow escorted by an armed police vehicle.