#Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India passes away:PTI pic.twitter.com/SbpBUNfCI2
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) July 27, 2015
Abdul Kalam dead.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 27, 2015
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam admitted to Bethany Hospital's ICU in Shillong.
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 27, 2015
Kalam (84) collapsed during a speech at the IIM Shillong and was rushed to the nearby Bethany Hospital where doctors put him on oxygen and tried to revive him."He was brought into hospital without a pulse or BP. There was no sign of life John Sailo Ryntathiang, director of Bethany Hospital, told the Quint.
Kalam served as president for five years after being elected in 2002 with the support of both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.