Karunanidhi's health condition is better now, daughter Kanimozhi says

CHENNAI: The health condition of DMK president M Karunanidhi, who was admitted to Kauvery Hospital here in the early hours of Saturday in a critical condition, has become better, said his daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi.
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Kanimozhi told reporters waiting outside the hospital that Karunanidhi's blood pressure that was fluctuating on Friday night was stable on Saturday morning.

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The former Tamil Nadu chief minister was admitted to hospital around 1.30am. A medical bulletin issued by the hospital around 2.30am said the blood pressure of the DMK president had stabilised with medical management. It said Karunanidhi continued to be treated by a panel of expert doctors.

On Saturday morning, governor Banwarilal Purohit visited the hospital and spoke to the Karunanidhi’s son and DMK working president M K Stalin.



A huge crowd of party cadre assembled outside the hospital. They shouted slogans praising the five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu.