Congress Vice President drove straight from the airport to the hospital and spent an hour there.
Congress Vice President drove straight from the airport to the hospital and spent an hour there.
Chennai: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on Friday and said she is ‘recovering well.’
“I came to extend my support to Jayalalithaa. She's recovering. I wish her maximum energy so she'd be able to get well soon,” said Gandhi.
Rahul drove straight from the airport to the hospital and spent an hour there.
On Thursday, Apollo Hospital had issued a statement, saying that Jayalalithaa needs to stay in hospital for a longer period and will be examined by a team of three doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
The doctors said she remains on respiratory support.
According to reports, the three-member team includes pulmonologist GC Khilnani, cardiologist Nitish Naik and anaesthetist Anjan Trikha, who were flown in to Chennai on Wednesday.
“Based on the detailed deliberations and clinical examination, the expert group of doctors Apollo Hospitals have drawn up a detailed medical management plan, keeping in view the Chief Minister’s known history of diabetes and winter bronchitis in inclement weather,” the statement said.
“The present treatment regimen includes continued respiratory support, nebulisation, drugs to decongest the lungs, antibiotics, nutrition, general nursing care and supportive therapy,” the statement further said.
Jayalalithaa was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Chennai on September 22 for “fever and dehydration.”
Dr. Richard John Beale, consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at Guy's and St.Thomas Hospital, was earlier called to Chennai to examine the chief minister.
The opposition party in Tamil Nadu demanded the AIADMK release her photograph to confirm her illness.
A social activist, Traffic Ramaswamy, had filed a petition in the High Court, seeking a detailed report from the government on the chief minister's health. However, the Madras High Court dismissed the petition on Thursday.
