New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Naveen Patnaik, BJD chief and Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Assembly, was admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday due to age-related ailments, party leaders said.

"The hospital will soon release a bulletin on Patnaik's health condition," a senior BJD leader said.

The party leaders said the 78-year-old former chief minister complained of uneasiness on Saturday night, and some doctors visited his residence, Naveen Niwas.

Patnaik had undergone a spinal surgery for cervical arthritis at a hospital in Mumbai and had returned to Odisha on July 12.

He had left for Mumbai on June 20 and underwent the procedure on June 22. He was discharged from the Mumbai hospital on July 7.

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