Former CM Tarun Gogoi gets cured, tests negative

Sept. 17: Former Chief Minister of Assam and veteran Congress leader Tarun Gogoi recovered from COVID-19. His test results came negative. Tarun Gogoi tested COVID-19 positive on 26 August and was admitted at Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH). A team of 9 doctors under the Chairmanship of Dr Jogesh Sarma, HOD, Pulmonary Medicine Department of Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) has been constituted to monitor the health status of Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam.

Fighter is back! Happy to share @tarun_gogoi sir is tested negative for #CoronaVirus. pic.twitter.com/92Xh2uBu4P

— Debashree Bora (@bora_debashree) September 16, 2020

However, Gogoi will not be discharged now and will be under treatment at GMCH for a few more days. Debashree Bora, National General Secretary of NSUI tweeted, “Fighter is back! Happy to share @ tarun gogoi sir is tested negative for #CoronaVirus.” The octogenarian Gogoi was also administered plasma therapy when his condition deteriorated on 31 August.  However, after that his condition became stable.