Vajpayee suffered pneumonia, multi-organ failure: Doctors
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away in Delhi today, suffered pneumonia and multi-organ failure, doctors at AIIMS said. On his last day, the 93-year-old politician was put on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support, a technique to provide prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons with non-functioning heart and lungs. Vajpayee, a diabetic, had one functional kidney.