The condition of M Karunanidhi, the DMK president, who was rushed to Kauvery Hospital early Saturday morning due to sudden fluctuation in blood pressure has stabilised according to hospital authorities and his daughter MK Kanimozhi.
Karunanidhi, who was undergoing treatment in his Gopalapuram residence since Thursday night was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital at 01.30hrs on Saturday following a dip in his blood pressure. By 02.30 hours, the hospital issued a release stating that the former chief minister has been admitted to the ICU and his blood pressure levels have been stabilised.
Hundreds of party activists and leaders of political parties thronged the hospital along with the close relations of the 95-year-old leader. Karunanidhi’s second son M K Stalin, who is the working president of the DMK and daughter Kanimozhi are attending to the guests who come calling to the hospital to enquire about the nonagenarian leader’s health condition.
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit visited the hospital in the morning and was briefed by Stalin and Kanimozhi about the medical condition of their father. The Governor had a discussion with the hospital authorities and Dr Gopal, Karunanidhi’s personal physician.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Defence Minister, was one of the early visitors to the hospital and she had a discussion with Stalin and Kanimozhi about the health status of Karunanidhi.Ghulam Nabi Azad, senior Congress leader, rushed to Chennai from New Delhi and was in the hospital for nearly an hour. He was briefed about the DMK president’s condition by Stalin and Kanimozhi. While coming out of the hospital, Azad told waiting journalists that Karunanidhi was on the path of recovery.
“I spoke to the doctors attending to the DMK president and they told me that he was stable and his health is improving. Karunanidhiji is improving and his health is also improving. The family members are satisfied with the treatment being given to him by the hospital,” said Azad who also disclosed that his trip to Chennai was also on the directive of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy said he was monitoring the health of the DMK president regularly. “The Government of Tamil Nadu is willing to do anything to make the best treatment available for Karunanidhi who is a five-time chief minister of the State and the longest serving president of the DMK,” said Palaniswamy while speaking to journalists at Salem.
A team of Ministers led by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam had called on Karunanidhi’s residence on Thursday to enquire about the well-being of the DMK patriarch. All members of the Karunanidhi clan including his grand children have reached the hospital.
Those who called on the hospital include S Gurumurthy, leading political analyst and a long time friend of the DMK president, film actor Prabhu and leaders of the Communist Party of India. At the time of going to Press, hundreds of DMK activists from all over Tamil Nadu have gathered around the hospital which has been well guarded by a heavy pose of policemen.
Though it was announced that vice-president Venkaiah Naidu would call on the DMK president at his residence on Saturday, it has been postponed to another date because of the developments leading to hospitalisation of Karunanidhi.
Meanwhile, Stalin, the party working president, requested the party workers and people of Tamil Nadu not to believe fake news about his father being spread through social media.