Gurgaon:
Anna Hazare, suffering from persistent cough and back pain, today underwent a check-up at the Medanta hospital in Gurgaon.
Hospital sources say Anna has high blood pressure and severe headache and his body has swollen. Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia met the 74-year-old activist at the hospital.
Anna left Ralegon Siddhi this morning and arrived in Delhi around 1:30 pm. He was taken to Medanta Hospital. Anna's aides have said he will undergo a detailed medical check-up at the hospital.
The 74-year-old activist was treated for acute bronchitis at a hospital in Mumbai earlier this month after he called off his hunger strike for a strong Lokpal Bill midway. He was discharged on January 8.
Dr R R Kasliwal, head of internal medicine at Medanta Medicity who is attending to him said, "He came to us with complaints of breathlessness and high blood pressure. We will conduct a couple of investigations and he will undergo treatment for both."
"He has come to us with a specific problem and we are treating him for that. As far as we know he has no heart ailment and his vital organs are all right," he said.
Mr Hazare is likely to stay in Medanta for next couple of days after which he will be shifted to Bangalore's Jindal Naturecare Institute.
Earlier, after calling off his 12-day hunger strike in Ramlila Maidan in August last year, Mr Hazare had gone to Medanta for treatment.
The doctors led by Naresh Trehan had also constantly monitored his condition during the Ramlila agitation.
The Gandhi's health condition forced him to call off the jail bharo agitation and prevented him taking a tour of the five poll-bound states.
However, he has said that he will embark on a nation-wide tour soon after he recovers from his illness during which he will "awaken" the people on the issue of corruption.
"Soon after I regain my health, I will embark on an all-India tour. Then the corrupt people will understand that the allegations they level against me will not have an effect on people," he said.
(With PTI inputs)