Wangchuk Hospitalized After 20-Day Fast as Successor Strike Adds Prime Minister to Demands

Medical evacuation cleared the Jantar Mantar site on July 17, but a replacement hunger striker resumed operations within 24 hours with expanded targets and a Parliament march scheduled for tomorrow.

Sonam Wangchuk was admitted to the emergency ward at Safdarjung Hospital on July 17 following twenty consecutive days without food. Blood tests conducted two days later confirmed minor abnormalities that persist as of July 19, though hospital staff report he remains conscious and his vital signs are currently stable [9][12]. The admission followed explicit warnings from medical experts that his physiological deterioration had reached a threshold where organ failure was imminent without immediate intervention [8].

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