new delhi suffering from kidney failure and seeking a donor while being on dialysis hockey veteran and olympian mohinder pal singh has received a financial support of rs 10 lakh from the sports ministry as reported by timesofindiacom in october singh a member of indias 1988 seoul olympics and 1986 world cup team was diagnosed with a kidney ailment in 2017 his condition worsened in september this year following which he was hospitalised and has required regular dialysiswith both his kidneys failing the family has been looking for a donor however the condition of his heart isnt yet conducive for his body to receive and accept an implantwe have received an aid of rs 10 lakh from the ministry and thank sports minister kiren rijiju ji for being by our side said singhs wife shivjit kaur confirming the developmenthe was discharged from the hospital around two weeks ago she added while in the hospital angiography was done on his heart and it showed some blockagethe doctors are going to assess his condition again in a weeks time he is at home now and undergoes dialysis thrice a weekin addition to the financial support provided by the sports ministry mahesh sharma the member of parliament from the constituency in noida where the 59yearold singh lives has also promised to take care of the expenses related to hospital admission from the prime ministers relief fundsome of indias hockey veterans had earlier reached out to sports minister rijiju to extend help to singh and the minister had promised the samespeaking about the decision to extend financial support to singh rijiju said it is a constant endeavour of the sports ministry to ensure support to anyone who has served sport in india mp singh ji has contributed richly to hockey both as a player and a coach his physical condition is a matter of great concern for all of us kidney treatment is an expensive treatment and we wanted to extend as much financial support as we could i have also spoken to mahesh sharma ji who is the member of parliament of noida where mp singh ji lives and a letter has also been sent from his office to pm relief fund so that the hospital bills can be paid through the fund