Kalam hospitalised after a fall, condition stable

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam felicitates Arunima Sinha, the first amputee woman to conquer Mount Everest, during a college function in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

Admitted to a hospital here after a fall at his home, former president APJ Abdul Kalam is stable and recuperating well, hospital sources said today.

82-year-old Kalam was admitted to Army Research and Referral Hospital on Friday after he fell down at his Rajaji Marg residence here. He suffered a forehead injury and a black eye and had fainted, they said.

"His condition is perfectly stable. It is a minor injury and he will be discharged in another day or two. A team of doctors is monitoring his condition constantly," the sources said.