Dr Bhandari had delivered both Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi. A graduate from Lady Harding Medical College, Dr Bhandari had worked in Holy Family and Tirath Ram hospitals before joining Ganga Ram. She is known to be a close friend of the family.

“She has been the gynaecologist of both Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka,” a doctor from the hospital, who did not want to be named, said. “She (Dr Bhandari) has always assisted them in need. Varun Gandhi was born in AIIMS, but Sonia came to Ganga Ram (for her children’s delivery).”

Dr Bhandari also delivered Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s children at the same hospital.

“The privacy they get here is what they appreciate. That is why they come here,” Ajoy Sehgal, spokesperson at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, said. B K Rao, chairman of the hospital’s Board of Directors, said the family’s association with the hospital is “due to care we take of the patients”.