India, May 13 -- Congress leader Sonia Gandhi visited a hospital on Wednesday, weeks after being discharged from Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital following recovery from a "systemic infection".

Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday visited Medanta Hospital in Haryana's Gurugram for a routine check-up, PTI news agency reported, citing a police source. The former Congress president is at the hospital and will leave soon, the officer said.

A comment from the hospital on the visit is awaited.

Sonia Gandhi was last admitted on the night of March 24, at around 10.20 pm, with a fever and spent seven days in the hospital. The hospital admission had prompted Rahul Gandhi to cancel a scheduled visit to Kerala.

A systemic infection occurs when pathogens such ...