Ailing former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram who was admitted at the regional hospital in Mandi has been airlifted to Delhi for better treatment at the AIIMS there, a spokesperson said.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur provided the state helicopter for airlifting the 94-year-old leader to Delhi, he added.

Earlier, Thakur visited the Regional Hospital Mandi to enquire about Sukh Ram.

The chief minister also spoke to AIIMS-Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria over the phone about the treatment of Sukh Ram.

Sukh Ram was the Union Minister of State, Communications (Independent Charge) from 1993 to 1996.