Karunanidhi health updates: AIADMK leaders meet M K Stalin

Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, senior AIADMK leaders D Jayakumar, P Thangamani, S P Velumani and Makkal Needhi Maiam leader Kamal Haasan were among leaders to visit Karunanidhi Thursday night at his residence.

By: Express Web Desk

New Delhi | Updated: July 27, 2018 09:56 AM IST

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Karunanidhi health updates: AIADMK leaders meet MK Stalin

A day before entering the 50th year as president of the DMK, M Karunanidhi’s health condition deteriorated Thursday while undergoing treatment at his Gopalapuram residence by doctors of Kauvery Hospital. “There has been a decline in the health of DMK president M Karunanidhi’s due to age related ailments. He is being treated for fever due to urinary tract infection. He is being given hospital level treatment at home,” a medical bulletin released by the Kauvery Hospital said.

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The former chief minister is under medical supervision on 24 hours. “He is being monitored and treated round the clock by a team of medical and nursing professionals, who are providing hospital level care at his home. Considering his medical condition, the treating team of doctors have strongly advised for restriction of visitors,” said the bulletin.

DMK working president MK Stalin with Tamil Nadu deputy CM O Panneerselvam and other AIADMK leaders at M Karunanidhi’s residence in Chennai on Thursday.

Earlier on Wednesday, DMK working president and Karunanidhi’s son M K Stalin had said his father was suffering from fever and doctors were providing medication, assuring there was nothing to worry about the 94-year-old leader’s health.

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Crowd gathers outside Karunanidhi’s Gopalapuram residence. (Express photo)

It may be recalled that on July 18 Karunanidhi had undergone a procedure at a hospital in which a tracheostomy tube was replaced by a new one. Karunanidhi fell ill in October 2016 due to a drug-induced allergy.

The veteran leader was admitted to the hospital for “optimisation of nutrition and hydration” in the first week of December that year and later, due to a throat and lung infection.