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May 24, 2011
Punjab CM's wife passes away
TNN | May 24, 2011, 06.11pm IST
CHANDIGARH: Her one-year old battle with the dreaded disease of cancer finally ended on Tuesday afternoon when Surinder Badal, wife of Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal died after spending over 12 days in Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI), here.
The 73-year old matriarch would be cremated on Wednesday at the family's native village, Badal in Muktsar district- which falls in the Malwa heartland where the scourge of cancer has spread wide. The Badal family took her body by road to the village directly from PGI, where she was declared dead at around 2 pm.
As the news spread, cabinet ministers, top bureaucrats and police officers besides several senior politicians rushed to PGI to offer their condolences to the CM, his son and deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, Sukhbir's MP wife, Harsimrat Badal, son in law and Punjab food minister Adaish Pratap Singh Kairon and Badal's daughter Preneet Kaur, who were with Surinder Badal during her last moments. Both Badal and Sukhbir has been camping at PGI for the last 12 days ever since her condition deteriorated, following complications.
Jathedar of Takht Keshgarh Sahib, Anandpur, Bhai Tirlochan Singh, offered prayers before her body was carried out of the ICU ward to the ambulance on a stretcher.
Surinder Badal's cancer of small intestines was detected nearly a year ago and she was taken to USA thrice, for treatment in a New York hospital. She was brought to PGI on May 12 after acute complications did not allow her to travel to USA. `The doctors told the family last night that there was no hope left now,'' said family sources. She is survived by her elder sister Savinder Grewal and brother Inderjit Singh besides her immediate family, including five grandchildren.
source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-CMs-wife-passes-away/articleshow/8557113.cms
Punjab CM's wife passes away
TNN | May 24, 2011, 06.11pm IST
CHANDIGARH: Her one-year old battle with the dreaded disease of cancer finally ended on Tuesday afternoon when Surinder Badal, wife of Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal died after spending over 12 days in Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI), here.
The 73-year old matriarch would be cremated on Wednesday at the family's native village, Badal in Muktsar district- which falls in the Malwa heartland where the scourge of cancer has spread wide. The Badal family took her body by road to the village directly from PGI, where she was declared dead at around 2 pm.
As the news spread, cabinet ministers, top bureaucrats and police officers besides several senior politicians rushed to PGI to offer their condolences to the CM, his son and deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, Sukhbir's MP wife, Harsimrat Badal, son in law and Punjab food minister Adaish Pratap Singh Kairon and Badal's daughter Preneet Kaur, who were with Surinder Badal during her last moments. Both Badal and Sukhbir has been camping at PGI for the last 12 days ever since her condition deteriorated, following complications.
Jathedar of Takht Keshgarh Sahib, Anandpur, Bhai Tirlochan Singh, offered prayers before her body was carried out of the ICU ward to the ambulance on a stretcher.
Surinder Badal's cancer of small intestines was detected nearly a year ago and she was taken to USA thrice, for treatment in a New York hospital. She was brought to PGI on May 12 after acute complications did not allow her to travel to USA. `The doctors told the family last night that there was no hope left now,'' said family sources. She is survived by her elder sister Savinder Grewal and brother Inderjit Singh besides her immediate family, including five grandchildren.
source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-CMs-wife-passes-away/articleshow/8557113.cms
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