In his twilight years, Patel was honoured by members of Parliament and awarded honorary doctorates of law by the Punjab University and Maniben began limiting his meetings and working hours and arranged for a personalised medical staff to begin attending to Patel.
In his twilight years, Patel was honoured by members of Parliament and awarded honorary doctorates of law by the Punjab University and Osmania University. He later began coughing blood, whereupon Maniben began limiting his meetings and working hours and arranged for a personalised medical staff to begin attending to Patel.