Anna Hazare, who was admitted in a hospital here after he ended his 12-day fast for a strong Lokpal Bill, is stable and moving towards normalcy, doctors said today.

“Nobody knows when he will be discharged. His condition is stable. He has to be monitored. Usually, it takes two-three days.

When his parameters are established and his body starts tolerating and digesting food, only then he can go,” Chairman of Medanta Medicity, Dr Naresh Trehan, who was monitoring Hazare’s health during his fast, said.

The 74-year-old activist was brought to the hospital yesterday after he called off his hunger strike.

Hazare wants to take rest and has declined requests to meet him because he is “still very weak”, Dr Trehan said, adding various tests have established that the activist’s liver and kidneys were normal.

“His condition has improved 30 per cent between yesterday and today. He has not started eating properly but progress is satisfactory,” Dr Trehan told presspersons.

The doctor said it is important that they increase his diet gradually. “His blood pressure is 130/84 and heart rate is below 80 and this is good progress. (It is) in the right direction,” he said.

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