Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's Wife Hospitalised For 3rd Time

This is the third time over the past few weeks that the 49-year-old Seema Sisodia was hospitalised.

Manish Sisodia and his wife Seema Sisodia

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Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's wife Seema Sisodia was admitted to a hospital in Delhi on Tuesday. She is suffering from an autoimmune disorder, and was hospitalised after her condition deteriorated, reported news agency PTI quoting AAP sources.

This is the third time over the past few weeks that the 49-year-old was hospitalised. Seema Sisodia has been suffering from multiple sclerosis.

"She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a severe autoimmune disease, in 2000. She has been undergoing treatment at the private hospital for the past 23 years," said PTI quoted AAP leaders as saying.

Earlier, in late April, Seema was admitted to the neurology department of Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. Experts say that the impact of the disease increases with time and other factors such as increased physical and emotional stress.

Earlier, AAP chief spokesperson and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said Sisodia's wife ws suffering from a rare and serious ailment.

"This disease is so rare that it affects one in a million people," he had said.

Manish Sisodia is in jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. He had in June sought bail from court citing his wife's ill health and his son being abroad. The court had granted Sisodia permission to meet Seema in June.

After the meeting, Seema penned a note, saying, "Today I met Manish after 103 days for 7 hours! It was a meeting with the police standing at the bedroom door watching continuously and listening to every word. Maybe that's why it is said that politics is dirty."

What is Multiple Sclerosis?

According to the United States National Health Institute (NIH), multiple sclerosis is a severe disease in which the mind loses control of the body. A person who has this disease gradually loses control of their body.

Multiple sclerosis has the potential to disable a person. The immune system attacks the protective sheath that covers nerve fibres in this disease, causing communication problems between the brain and the rest of the body.