Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Chennai late Thursday night due to fever and dehydration is stable and under observation, according to a medical bulletin issued by S Viswanathan, chief operating officer of the hospital.
According to sources in the Government, Jayalalithaa is likely to be under observation of the doctors for a day. Hundreds of AIADMK activists from all over the State have thronged the hospital premises and police had a tough time controlling the crowd. All Ministers in her Cabinet rushed to the hospital in spite of the bulletin issued by the hospital explaining that the Chief Minister is stable.
In spite of her hospitalisation, Jayalalithaa is attending to her official and party works. later on Friday, she issued a signed condolence message over the passing away of the Kerala AIADMK secretary Al Pradeep. Pradeep breathed his last on Friday evening. Elsewhere in Tamil Nadu, people are offering special prayers in temples, mosques and churches across the State for welfare of the CM.