JAYA SUFFERS CARDIAC ARREST, IN ICU

Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening and was being treated and monitored by a team of doctors, the Apollo Hospitals said on Sunday night.

“The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who is undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, suffered a cardiac arrest this evening,” a medical bulletin issued by the Apollo Hospitals said. “She is being treated and monitored by a team of experts including cardiologists, a pulmonologist and critical care specialists,” the statement further said.

Informed sources said the Chief Minister was shifted back to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Sunday evening. As soon as the news of Ms Jayalalithaa suffering a cardiac arrest spread, Acting Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao rushed to the city from Mumbai, signalling the gravity of the situation. Earlier, a team of AIIMS doctors had examined Ms Jayalalithaa on Saturday after a gap of a month.

Tamil Nadu’s ailing Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening.

British expert Dr Richard Beale and a specialist team of doctos from AIIMS and other hospitals have have been examining her since she was admitted.

AIADMK bigwigs like finance minister O. Pannerselvam, health minister C Vijayabhaskar and senior bureaucrats and officials rushed to the hospital, while hundreds of AIADMK cadres also gathered outside Apollo Hospitals on the busy Greams road.

A heavy police deployment has been made in and around the hospital where the 68-year-old has been undergoing treatment since September 22. Barricades have been set up in the vicinity of the hospital after Sunday’s development.