Rahul Gandhi visits Karunanidhi at Kauvery Hospital
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Chennai: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi visited DMK president M Karunanidhi who continues to remain in the intensive care for the fourth consecutive day at the Kauvery Hospital.
The Congress president after meeting the DMK chief said that Karunanidhi is a tough person and that he is stable now. He also said that his mother Sonia Gandhi sends her best wishes and regards to the family.
Meanwhile, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, on the sidelines of an event here said, Karunanidhi was "stable and breathing on his own", recalling his visit to the Kauvery Hospital yesterday.
Karunanidhi's health continues to be stable, DMK working president M K Stalin had said last night.
The family members of Karunanidhi, including Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, are present in the hospital.
The Kauvery Hospital, where the nonagenarian leader is being treated, continues to teem with party cadres from various districts albeit in reduced numbers due to the appeal of the party to avoid visits and help maintain calm.
On July 29, a medical bulletin issued by the hospital had said "there was a transient setback in the clinical condition of Karunanidhi. With active medical support, his vital signs are normalising. He continues to be closely monitored and treated by the panel of expert doctors."
No fresh statement has been issued by the hospital so far.
Karunanidhi was admitted to the hospital in the early hours of Saturday after his blood pressure dropped.
On July 18, he had undergone a procedure at the same hospital to replace a tracheostomy tube to help him breathe normally.