Sourav Ganguly under close watch at Woodlands Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19

Ganguly was admitted to the hospital on Monday night after fever.

Former India captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was admitted to the Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata on Monday night after suffering from fever and later tested positive for the COVID-19.

On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, the hospital authorities released an update of the 49-year-old former cricketer saying that he is suffering from mild symptoms and being kept under close watch at the Woodlands Hospital. His blood samples will be sent genome sequencing to ascertain if he has contracted the Omicron variant or not.

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The hospital also confirmed that Ganguly received "Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail" therapy on Monday night itself and is currently "hemodynamically stable".

“Sourav is stable. He underwent angioplasty earlier this year. So as a precautionary measure he has been admitted to Woodlands,” said his older brother Snehasish.  

This is the third time that Ganguly has been hospitalized this year after January when he was admitted twice after complaining of chest discomfort. After suffering a heart attack at his home, he underwent right coronary angioplasty in the hospital.

He was again admitted to the same facility 20 days later and underwent a second round of angioplasty on January 28. During the process, two stents were placed in two arteries. Dada resumed work in March and also got himself fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

(India Today inputs)