Bengaluru (PTI): The health condition of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, who was hospitalised with fever and a urinary tract infection, has improved and he is currently "stable and cheerful", the hospital treating him said on Friday.

The 92-year-old JD(S) patriarch is currently being monitored in a regular ward, it said.

"Our honourable former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda was admitted to the Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, on 6th October 2025 for evaluation of fever and urinary tract infection. He was managed by a team of specialists and his medical condition has improved and is currently stable and cheerful, and is being observed in a regular ward," a medical bulletin by Manipal Hospitals Chairman Dr H Sudarshan Ballal said.

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