Article: Gloucester's new Asian mayor suffers heart attack

Gloucester/Jalandhar, May 31 -- Hardly four days after taking over as the 527th mayor - and the first Asian to do so - of Gloucester city in England, Jalandhar-born Harjit Gill is in hospital after suffering a heart attack.

The 52-year-old popular Labour councillor from Barton and Tredworth in Gloucester has been admitted to the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and was being kept under observation.

"I am feeling much better now. I never expected this to happen. It was shocking for me. I am waiting for the medics to discharge after all the check-ups. I am yearning to be back and do justice to my new assignment and people of Gloucestershire," Gill told IANS from his hospital bed.

He was ...

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