Somnath Chatterjee discharged from hospital

New Delhi, Nov 8 : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has been discharged from the Army's Research and Referral Hospital on Saturday.

Chatterjee, 79, had been admitted to the hospital on November 5 and underwent treatment for bronchopneumonia.

Doctors have advised him complete rest for a week.

Bronchopneumonia is a type of pneumonia characterised by an inflammation of the lung generally associated with and following a bout of bronchitis.

ANI