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Published 22:40 IST, November 18th 2019

TMC MP Nusrat Jahan admitted to ICU after developing breathing problem

MP from Basirhat and Bengali film actress Nusrat Jahan was Sunday admitted to private hospital in Kolkata after she reportedly complained of breathing problems

Reported by: Suryagni Roy
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Trinamool Congress MP from Basirhat and Bengali film actress Nusrat Jahan was Sunday admitted to Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata after she reportedly complained of breathing problems. Nusrat was rushed to the private hospital on Sunday night at around 9:30 pm. Initial news suggested it to be a case of medicine overdose which was quashed by Nusrat Jahan's spokesperson.

"She will be back in action and will be attending Parliament session soon"

"Nusrat has a history of asthma and uses an inhaler usually. Last night, she had to be admitted to Apollo, because of breathlessness and the inhaler was also not giving any respite. Nusrat Jahan was under observation and her vitals are now fine", said Abhishek Mazumdar, spokesperson of the MP. Reacting to reports of a medicine overdose that led to her hospitalisation, Abhishek called them 'baseless'. He also stated that Nusrat is a strong human being and rumours like these are baseless. "She will be back in action and will be attending Parliament session soon", said the popular-actress-turned MP's spokesperson.

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Nusrat ventured into politics in 2019

Nusrat Jahan who reportedly suffered from asthma was rushed at the Intensive Care Unit(ICU) of the private hospital in Kolkata's Salt Lake area on Sunday night. The spokesperson said that as she is a VVIP patient, it was a better decision to keep her in standard care unit, so that she can be taken care of well by the team of doctors. Nusrat Jahan who has been an extremely popular Bengali film actress ventured into politics in 2019 and contested the 2019 General Elections from Basirhat in Bengal on a TMC ticket. Nusrat had defeated her nearest rival BJP’s Sayantan Ghosh by 3,50,369 votes.

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Nusrat's condition is being stated to be better

Although the hospital authorities are extremely tight-lipped, Nusrat's condition is being stated to be better. The actor’s family rubbished reports that claimed that she was admitted to the hospital following medicine overdose too. The MP is all slated to be discharged from the hospital soon, as per the statement of Nusrat Jahan's team.

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17:24 IST, November 18th 2019