New Delhi, August 5 – Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik passed away on Tuesday at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness. He breathed his last at 1:12 PM at Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital in Delhi, where he had been undergoing treatment for multiple health complications.
According to his personal staff, Malik had been in the hospital’s intensive care unit for several weeks battling various ailments. The hospital later issued a statement confirming his demise and noted that Malik was suffering from diabetes, kidney disease, high blood pressure, obesity, and sleep apnea. He had been admitted on May 11 due to a complex urinary tract infection which later developed into pneumonia and a condition called refractory septic shock, a severe and life-threatening complication resulting in multi-organ failure.
As per agency report, despite being on ventilator support and receiving intensive care treatment along with multiple antibiotics, Malik’s condition continued to deteriorate. The hospital revealed that in addition to severe kidney disease, he had also developed disseminated intravascular coagulation, a serious disorder causing small blood clots throughout the bloodstream. Due to these complications, he had to undergo multiple hemodialysis sessions before his death on Tuesday.
Malik's cremation will take place on Wednesday at 4 PM at the Lodhi Road crematorium in the national capital.
Satya Pal Malik’s demise marks the end of a politically dynamic and often controversial public life. His contributions to Indian politics, as well as the debates he sparked in his later years, leave a complex legacy behind.
