Telangana CPM secretary Tammineni hospitalised, on ventilator support
HYDERABAD: CPM state secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram was admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad after he complained of chest pain in Khammam on Tuesday. His condition is said to be critical.
Veerabhadram unsuccessfully contested for the Palair seat in the recent Assembly elections. Former minister T Harish Rao called on Veerabhadram at the hospital in the evening and enquired about his health with doctors.
The health bulletin issued by AIG Hospitals said that Veerabhadram was shifted to hospital from Khammam with ventilator support.
“He has heart dysfunction and abnormality of heart beat along with kidney dysfunction, which caused fluid accumulation in lungs, necessitating invasive ventilation. He is presently being treated with medications to improve his blood pressure. Efforts are being made to remove the fluid from his lungs and treat his abnormal heart beat,” it said.
“He is being treated by a multidisciplinary team consisting of critical care experts, cardiologists, electrophysiologists, nephrologists and pulmonologists. His condition is still critical,” it added.