DMK Chief Karunanidhi rushed to hospital after sudden drop in blood pressure
Karunanidhi
The DMK Chief was admitted to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at around 1:30 am on Saturday after a sudden drop in blood pressure.
A top official from Chennai's Kauvery Hopsital said that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Chief M Karunanidhi's blood pressure is now stable.
His family said the 94-year-old veteran politician's condition suddenly declined later in the evening due to blood pressure issues. His entire family including sons MK Stalin and MK Alagiri, daughter M Kanimozhi and top DMK leaders rushed back to the house and decided to move him to the hospital.
The DMK Chief was moved to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at around 1:30 AM on Saturday.
Soon after, the hospital released a statement saying that Karunanidhi's blood pressure was stabilised with medical help, adding that he was under observation.
"DMK President and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Kalaignar Dr M Karunanidhi has been admitted on July 28 at 1:30AM in the Intensive Care Unit of Kauvery Hopsital following drop in blood pressure. His blood pressure has been stabilised with medical management and he continues to be monitored and treated by the panel of expert doctors," Dr Aravindan Selvaraj, Executive Director of Kauvery Hospital, said in a statement.
DMK leader A Raja, who is present at the hospital, also reiterated the same, and added that the party chief is now out of danger.
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Karunanidhi was undergoing treatment at his Gopalapuram residence for fever due to Urinary Tract Infection.
In a statement earlier in the evening, Stalin had spoken about an improvement in his father's health and appealed to party workers not to come over to visit him. But his appeals could not convince scores of his supporters, who had gathered near the DMK leader's Gopalapuram house, to budge.
Karunanidhi, who has served as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister five times, has been recovering from a long illness for more than a year and is rarely seen in public. He has been tube-fed for some time.