Jayalalithaa's Health Worsens, Had Cardiac Arrest This Evening

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HIGHLIGHTS
1)Jayalalithaa, 68, has cardiac arrest this evening
2)Chief Minister has been in Chennai hospital since September
3)Special team of experts and cardiologists monitoring her

 

 J Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and one of India's most powerful and popular politicians, had a cardiac arrest this evening in the Chennai hospital where she has spent the last three months being treated for a prolonged lung infection.

"She is being treated and monitored by a team of experts, including cardiologists, pulmonologist and critical care specialists," Chief Operating Officer and head of transformation of Apollo Hospital Dr Subbaiah Viswanathan said in a statement.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao to inquire about Jayalalithaa's health. Mr Rao, who holds the charge of Tamil Nadu besides Maharashtra, told the Home Minister that he is leaving for Chennai.

Supporters of the AIADMK leader started gathering outside the Apollo Hospital in Chennai as news of the Jayalalithaa's health poured in.

Earlier today, her party, the AIADMK, said the 68-year-old leader would soon decide when to return home with three specialist consultants from Delhi's premier AIIMS hospital declaring her fully recovered.

For weeks, doctors attending to Jayalalithaa have been saying that "Amma" as she is known to millions of supporters was well enough to decide when to return home. Her party said she was directing important decisions, speaking occasionally to those who were allowed to meet her.

When she was first hospitalised in September, her party said it was for dehydration and fever. It soon became clear that her illness was far more serious. She spent weeks on respiratory support and specialists flew in from London and Delhi to monitor her. The Rolodex of VIPs that have visited hospital to check on her included Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and senior union ministers.

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What a sudden change of events evening there was a news that she was going to be discharged in few days...

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antha modi effect 

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The doctors had given her a clean bill of health, and just hours ago her party had said she could return home soon.