Mandeep Singh shifted to hospital after his condition turned bad

Mandeep Singh shifted to hospital after his condition turned bad

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Mandeep Singh

Last week, national elite players of indian hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, defenders Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, drag-flicker Varun Kumar and goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak tested positive for COVID-19.

And now recently, on Tuesday the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said, after blood oxygen level dropped, Mandeep Singh has been admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru but as for now but his condition is stable.

Statement by Sports Authority of India on Mandeep Singh

“During night monitoring of vitals on August 10 (Monday) it was found that Mandeep Singh’s blood oxygen level was dropping below normal which indicated that he is moving from mild to moderate severity of COVID,” the SAI said in a statement.

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“SAI authorities on campus took an immediate decision to shift him to SS Sparsh multispeciality hospital as a precautionary measure. His condition is currently stable,” added the statement. 

So far, the 25-year-old has played 129 games for India and scored 60 goals and was also a part of the gold-winning team at the 2018 Asian Champions Trophy.

While travelling to Bengaluru from different parts of the country after a month-long break, in all probability the players contracted the disease, as per SAI.

The SAI further stated that, their vitals are being checked four times everyday.

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