Ranchi Mar 22 PTI Incarcerated Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD supremo Lalu Prasads health condition has deteriorated and he will be shifted to AIIMS New Delhi for better treatment officials said on Tuesday A medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS here referred him to AIIMS New Delhi The former Bihar chief minister is most likely to be shifted to the hospital in the national capital on Tuesday itself they said Dr Vidyapati who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad told PTI The medical board has recommended that Prasad be referred to AIIMS New Delhi as his condition has deteriorated We have forwarded the recommendation to the jail superintendent Prasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scam The court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after virtually hearing the arguments Prasads creatinine level has increased to 46 which was earlier at 35 Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mgdl Dr Vidyapati said The ebullient politician suffers from multiple ailments including renal problems His kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity Dr Vidyapati said Jharkhand IG Prisons Manoj Kumar said The order has been given to shift Lalu Prasad to AIIMS New Delhi As per procedure the jail superintendent on basis of medical board recommendations sought formal permission for shifting the convicted patient to another hospital Kumar said that the jail superintendent in coordination with the district administration will make arrangements for shifting the patient either by train or air ambulance Sources said that Prasad will most likely be shifted to the hospital in the national capital during the day After his conviction in the Rs 13935 crore Doranda treasury embezzlement case the fifth and final one against him in the fodder scam the ailing 73-year-old was lodged in the Birsa Munda Central Jail and then shifted to state-run RIMS on health grounds In jail since December 2017 Prasad served most of his sentence period at the RIMS He was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi in January last year after his health condition deteriorated PTI SAN NAM ACD ACD