Hospital confirms 'slight decline' in M Karunanidhi's health

Kauvery hospital informed that considering the former Tamil Nadu CM's medical condition, the treating team of doctors have strongly advised restriction of visitors.

The Kauvery Hospital, which has been providing health care to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, issued a bulletin on Thursday stating that he was suffering from fever due to urinary tract infection. ( File photo | EPS)

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27 Jul 2018, 7:09 am

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Appealing his party men to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Karunanidhi entering 50th year as president of DMK, his son and the party's working president MK Stalin, in an epistle penned to the cadre on Thursday, said, “Fifty years at the helm of affairs of a party is an unmatchable record in Indian political history.” (Photo | Ashwin Prasath/ EPS)

“There has been a slight decline in the health of DMK president and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi due to age-related ailments,” the bulletin signed by Dr Aravindan Selvaraj, executive director of Kauvery Hospital, stated. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath/ EPS)

Karunanidhi was being monitored and treated round-the-clock by a team of medical and nursing professionals, who are providing hospital-level care at his home. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath/ EPS)

By trumping his high-profile contemporaries and detractors in the party, Karunanidhi took the reins on July 27, 1967 following the demise of the party's founder and late Dravidian great CN Annadurai. ( Photo | Shiba Prasad Sahu/ EPS)

''From 1967 to 2016 polls, Karunanidhi has faced 13 elections and won all of them. Karunanidhi has remained the fulcrum of the politics of Tamil Nadu irrespective of being in power or not,'' said MK Stalin

The hospital informed that considering his medical condition, the treating team of doctors have strongly advised restriction of visitors. ( Photo | Shiba Prasad Sahu/ EPS)

Party supporters waiting outside the DMK President M.Karunanidhi residence at Gopalpuram to know about his health on Friday morning. ( Photo | Shiba Prasad Sahu/ EPS)