Rahul Gandhi to meet ailing DMK president M Karunanidhi in Chennai Today

Chennai: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi met the ailing DMK president M Karunanidhi on Saturday, who underwent tracheostomy at the Kauvery Hospital here to optimise his breathing. Rahul told the media here that he wanted to personally wish the DMK Chief a speedy recovery. 

I wanted to personally wish him a speedy recovery, happy to see that he is doing well: Rahul Gandhi after meeting ailing Karunanidhi pic.twitter.com/kygeiViODS

— ANI (@ANI_news) December 17, 2016

Doctors say that he (Karunanidhi) will go home pretty soon. I said hello to him, Congress president has also sent her regards: Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/q9JhiqwWsQ — ANI (@ANI_news) December 17, 2016

On Thursday night, the former chief minister was admitted to the hospital for the second time in the last three weeks. He was first admitted to the same hospital on December 1 for optimisation of nutrition and hydration and was discharged after he improved substantially The hospital issued a statement saying Karunanidhi was readmitted with breathing difficulty due to throat and lung infection, adding that he was stable and being treated. Karunanidhi's daughter and Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu Kanimozhi said that he had some lung infection and breathing difficulty, adding that he was much better now.