New Delhi: Former Union minister Jaswant Singh, who is in coma since August last year after suffering head injury, was admitted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital here after developing symptoms of fever and respiratory distress.

"He has been in coma since he had suffered severe head injuries. Recently he developed symptoms of fever and respiratory distress following which his family members brought him to the hospital for a review of his condition. "He is in ICU and has been put on ventilator to give repository support.