Jayalalithaa fine after surgery, says party, hospital more circumspect
December 5, 2016 11:45 am
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who is in a very critical condition after a cardiac arrest according to hospital sources, has had a heart surgery this morning, her party the AIADMK said.
“There was an angio procedure this morning. Doctors say don’t worry, Amma will be fine,” said party spokesperson CR Saraswathi, adding, “we are telling cadres don’t worry. God is with Amma, she will come back. Definitely she will be ok.”
Jayalalithaa, 68, had a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening and was put on an extracorporeal membrane heart assist device, a life support system that aids heart and lung functioning.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda said a team of four top doctors from Delhi’s prestigious AIIMS has been sent to Chennai on the request of Apollo Hospital, where the chief minister has been for the last three months.
-NDTV
-Agencies
