Social activist Swami Agnivesh, who had for long been suffering from liver cirrhosis, died of multi-organ failure at a Delhi hospital on Friday, doctors said. He was 80.
Agnivesh was critically ill and admitted to the ICU of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, the doctors said. He had been on ventilatory support since Tuesday.
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“He was suffering from liver cirrhosis and died today due to multi-organ failure as his condition deteriorated and he went into cardiac arrest at 6pm,” a spokesperson of the hospital said.
Resuscitation was attempted but he passed away at 6.30pm, the spokesperson added.
Leaders from across the political spectrum mourned Agnivesh’s death.
