NEW DELHI — Activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife has said she has moved the Delhi High Court seeking permission to shift him from Safdarjung Hospital to a private facility, and will seek an urgent hearing on her plea on Sunday. Asserting that she has “lost faith” in Safdarjung hospital, Gitanjali J Angmo said she wants to […]
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Wangchuk refuses IV fluids, medication; doctors urge him to accept treatment
NEW DELHI — Activist Sonam Wangchuk who was taken to Safdarjung Hospital after a 20-day hunger strike has refused intravenous fluids, oral rehydration solution and other medications despite signs of dehydration and metabolic abnormalities, hospital authorities said on Saturday. He is being continuously monitored and counselled to accept treatment in the interest of his health, […]
Wangchuk being treated as ‘criminal’ without any reason, alleges wife Gitanjali Angmo
LEH — “He was treated like a criminal without any reason,” was an angry outburst from Gitanjali Angmo, the wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was arrested from his village Ulyaktopo two days after violent protests in Leh over demands for statehood and constitutional safeguards, leaving four people dead and 59 others injured. Wangchuk […]


