Union Science and Technology Minister and former Chief Minister of
Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh (67) passed away at a private hospital in Chennai
on Tuesday. Mr.Deshmukh was ailing for the past six months with cancer in the
liver. He had been taken to a specialty hospital in Chennai on Monday for liver
transplant but the transplant could not be done because of medical
complications. Vilasrao had been kept on life support and periodic dialysis for
the last seven days.
All his sons including his wife Vaishali ,son Amit, Ritesh and Dheeraj were
by his side when the end came at about 1:40 pm. His funeral will happen at his
native place Babhalgaon in Latur district on Wednesday in the afternoon.”
Vilasrao’s body will be flown to Mumbai and then to his native place in Latur district on Wednesday.
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