Insulin is not recommended nor required. Report from Tihar authorities to L-G about Kejriwal's request

Insulin is not recommended nor required. Report from Tihar authorities to L-G about Kejriwal's request

According to the management, Kejriwal may get insulin as needed since there is sufficient supply available at the prison clinic.

According to the administration's assessment, Kejriwal may get insulin "as and when required" and there is sufficient supply available at the prison clinic.

The Tihar prison authorities reported to the Delhi L-G that Arvind Kejriwal had ceased taking insulin months before to his detention.

According to a report from Tihar authorities, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was taking an oral basic anti-diabetes medication and had ceased using insulin months prior to his detention. As per the article, Kejriwal was taking Metformin, an oral medication that is essential in its treatment for diabetes.

The Tihar report said that Kejriwal was "neither advised nor any requirement of any insulin was indicated" based on the medical records from RML Hospital. It further stated that the chief minister's health was examined by a medical professional on April 10 and April 15.

According to the article, Kejriwal informed medical professionals that he had been using insulin "for the last few years and stopped taking it a few months back" during his examinations while incarcerated at Tihar. It is "incorrect to state that Kejriwal was denied insulin at any point of time" throughout his treatment, the doctor said, and oral anti-diabetic medications were recommended.

"Considering all parameters and vitals of undertrial prisoner (Kejriwal) before his lodgment in judicial custody, his blood sugar levels are not alarming, consequently administration of insulin is not required as of now," the medical expert wrote after examining Kejriwal.

In a letter to AIIMS requesting a diet plan for the AAP leader, the Tihar administration claimed that Kejriwal regularly consumed high-sugar foods like "sweets, laddoos, bananas, mangoes, fruit chaat, fried food, namkeen, bhujia, sweetened tea, poori-aloo, pickles, and other high cholesterol food."

The majority of the foods he is consuming are "strictly prohibited" by the AIIMS diet plan, it said. Kejriwal's daily allotment of oil in his diet is limited to 20 milliliters. Kejriwal's daily allotment of oil in his diet is limited to 20 milliliters. The Tihar administration has said that, in accordance with a government directive, Kejriwal's desire for a videoconference with his doctor cannot be fulfilled by referral to any private facility.

The administration said in their report that Kejriwal may get insulin "as and when required" and that there is sufficient supply of the drug available at the prison clinic.