RJD president and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been shifted to AIIMS, New Delhi from Ranchi hospital in an air ambulance on Saturday.
Lalu's wife Rabri Devi, daughter Misa Bharti and son Tejaswi Prasad Yadav also accompanied him. A green corridor was created on the 10-km long route between Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and the airport.
Earlier, a medical board of eight doctors examined the former railway minister in a paying ward of RIMS in Ranchi and recommended his treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.
The jail department also examined the recommendation of the medical board and allowed him to have treatment in AIIMS, New Delhi for a month.
Lalu is suffering from 16 different diseases, including lung infection. His COVID-19 reports were found to be negative.
A team of doctors also has gone to New Delhi in the air ambulance.
