<p>Former India hockey player and coach M K Kaushik has tested positive for Covid-19 and admitted to a nursing home here.</p>.<p>The oxygen saturation level of the 66-year-old, a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal-winning Indian team, keeps fluctuating, according to his family.</p>.<p>"He is suffering from Covid-19 and is hospitalized in a city nursing home here," his son Ehsan told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>"He first developed symptoms on April 17 but RT-PCR and RAT tests came negative. Then we did his CT scan on chest on April 24 and pneumonia due to Covid was detected.</p>.<p>"Since then he has been hospitalized and his condition is between, neither stable nor serious. His oxygen level drops drastically at night which is a major issue," he added.</p>.<p>Kaushik's wife was also getting treatment at the same hospital after contracting the virus but she is recovering well and is likely to be discharged this week.</p>.<p>"My mother has recovered now and she should be discharged within 2-3 days," Ehsan said.</p>.<p>Kaushik had coached both the senior men and women teams. Under his coaching, India men's team had won their last major international tournament, the 1998 Asian Games, Bangkok.</p>.<p>Also, Indian women team had won bronze medal at the Doha Asian Games in 2006 under his coaching.</p>.<p>He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1998, before being bestowed with the Dronacharya award in 2002.</p>.<p>India is battling a devastating second wave of Covid-19 pandemic which has been killing more than 3000 people everyday.</p>
<p>Former India hockey player and coach M K Kaushik has tested positive for Covid-19 and admitted to a nursing home here.</p>.<p>The oxygen saturation level of the 66-year-old, a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal-winning Indian team, keeps fluctuating, according to his family.</p>.<p>"He is suffering from Covid-19 and is hospitalized in a city nursing home here," his son Ehsan told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>"He first developed symptoms on April 17 but RT-PCR and RAT tests came negative. Then we did his CT scan on chest on April 24 and pneumonia due to Covid was detected.</p>.<p>"Since then he has been hospitalized and his condition is between, neither stable nor serious. His oxygen level drops drastically at night which is a major issue," he added.</p>.<p>Kaushik's wife was also getting treatment at the same hospital after contracting the virus but she is recovering well and is likely to be discharged this week.</p>.<p>"My mother has recovered now and she should be discharged within 2-3 days," Ehsan said.</p>.<p>Kaushik had coached both the senior men and women teams. Under his coaching, India men's team had won their last major international tournament, the 1998 Asian Games, Bangkok.</p>.<p>Also, Indian women team had won bronze medal at the Doha Asian Games in 2006 under his coaching.</p>.<p>He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1998, before being bestowed with the Dronacharya award in 2002.</p>.<p>India is battling a devastating second wave of Covid-19 pandemic which has been killing more than 3000 people everyday.</p>