{"id":810718,"date":"2026-07-18T19:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810718\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:43:09","slug":"sonam-wangchuk-latest-news-live-updates-sonam-wangchuk-is-weak-but-stable-says-safdarjung-hospital-in-health-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810718\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonam Wangchuk Latest News Live Updates: Sonam Wangchuk Is &#8216;Weak But Stable&#8217;, Says Safdarjung Hospital In Health Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Activist Sonam Wangchuk who was taken to Safdarjung Hospital after a 20-day hunger strike has refused intravenous fluids, oral rehydration solution and other medications despite signs of dehydration and metabolic abnormalities, hospital authorities said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He is being continuously monitored and counselled to accept treatment in the interest of his health, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Wangchuk, 59, was brought to the hospital by Delhi Police and admitted at 7:40 am with a history of fasting from solid food for 20 days and generalised weakness. There is no history of fainting attacks, the hospital said in health bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of admission, he was conscious with stable pulse, blood pressure and oxygen saturation. Signs of dehydration were seen, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Blood gas analysis revealed compensated acidosis with decreased serum potassium with blood sugar of 78 mg\/dl. Repeat serum potassium test was similar. Urinary ketones were 1+ at the time of admission which have increased to 3+ by 1 pm, it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although intravenous fluids were advised but the patient has refused all intravenous fluids, oral rehydration fluid or any other medication.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is being continuously monitored and counselled for treatment in best interest of his health,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/639199882745461417.jpg\" class=\"laazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Activist Sonam Wangchuk who was taken to Safdarjung Hospital after a 20-day hunger strike has refused intravenous fluids,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,281985,84,392,281982,284504,281980,284505,283843],"class_list":["post-810718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cockroach-janta-party","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-jantar-mantar","tag-neet-paper-leak","tag-sonam-wangchuk","tag-sonam-wangchuk-health","tag-sonam-wangchuk-hunger-strike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}