Karunanidhi's health: DMK chief’s vital signs normalising, says medical bulletin

DMK president M Karunanidhi faced a 'transient setback' in his clinical condition and his vital signs are normalising with medical support.

DMK Chief M Karunanidhi and his son MK Stalin(PTI Photo)

CHENNAI: The Kauvery hospital has released a medical bulletin on DMK chief Karunanidhi's health late Sunday evening. "There was a transient setback in the clinical condition of Kalaignar Dr. M Karunanidhi, DMK President and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. With active medical support, his vital signs are normalising," the hospital said in a statement. He continues to be closely monitored by the panel of expert doctors, the medical bulletin said.

#KarunanidhiHealth There was a transient setback in the clinical condition of Kalaignar Dr. M Karunanidhi. With active medical support, his vital signs are normalising. He continues to be closely monitored and treated by the panel of expert doctors: Kauvery Hospital @abpnewstv pic.twitter.com/JmvkmILKG7

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Following a dip in his blood pressure, Karunanidhi was admitted to the hospital on Saturday. On July 18, he had undergone a procedure at the same hospital to change his tracheostomy tube. Earlier on Sunday, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited a private hospital here to inquire about the health condition of M Karunanidhi. The DMK, meanwhile, released a photograph, the first after Karunanidhi's hospitalisation early on Saturday, showing Naidu standing beside the 94-year-old leader in his hospital bed. Party cadres outside the hospital were enthused by the release of the image. They said the picture did not feature any "life support system like a ventilator" and it was reassuring that their Thalaivar (leader) was recuperating well. DMK had, during the hospitalisation of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in 2016, asked why no photograph of her in the hospital was released. The party had said that release of a picture would have helped put at rest speculations about her health status. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, DMK working president M K Stalin, party Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, the nonagenarian leader's wife Rajathi Ammal and Karunanidhi's personal physician Dr Gopal are also seen in the picture. Naidu said doctors informed him that Karunanidhi's condition was stable. (With inputs from PTI)