Jayalalitha is well, says AIADMK

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Nov 06 2016 | 6:42 PM IST
Ruling AIADMK today said that its hospitalised General Secretary and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was "well" even as BJP MP Tarun Vijay visited Apollo Hospitals, where the 68 year-old leader is admitted.
"Amma (Jayalalithaa) is well. God has given her good health and we are very happy," AIADMK spokesperson CR Saraswathy told reporters.
Meanwhile, Vijay said Jayalalithaa was "recovering fast" and would resume work soon.
"I have specially brought holy water of lake Manasarovar of Mount Kailash for the Chief Minister. Amma is recovering very fast. Very soon (she will be) out of hospital and start working," he said.
Vijay said that the "prayers of millions of people are working and she will be very well."
Jayalalithaa was admitted to the hospital on September 22after she complained of fever and dehydration.
Later, the hospital had said she was being treated for infection with respiratory support, among others.
Specialists from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and from London, among others, have treated her during the period.
On the condition in which Jayalalithaa was admitted to
the hospital, it said that at around 10 PM on September 22, 2016, Apollo Hospitals received a call from the residence of the then chief minister.
When the ambulance reached there, they found her breathless with low oxygen saturation, resulting in drowsiness.
"She was immediately admitted to Apollo Hospital, Greams Road, Chennai. On evaluation, she was diagnosed to be suffering from infection and dehydration, accompanied by respiratory distress," Radhakrishnan said in the statement.
There were pre-existing co-morbidities like diabetes, hypertension, asthmatic bronchitis and hypothyroidism, but clearly the "treatment report of Apollo Hospital, as well as that of AIIMS do not mention any evidence of trauma or any other event as alleged by certain political leaders," he said.
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First Published: Nov 06 2016 | 6:42 PM IST

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