The Centre on Monday dispatched a team of specialists from the All India Institute of Medical Science to Apollo Hospital in Chennai where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment after suffering cardiac arrest on Sunday evening.
Four specialists from AIIMS will soon be reaching Apollo Hospital, Health Minister J P Nadda said.
"We are in constant touch with Apollo Hospital authorities and Tamil Nadu government. They had requested a team of doctors from AIIMS.
We have sent a team of specialists from AIIMS, (comprising) Dr Khilani, Dr Trikha, Dr Narang and Dr Talwar. We hope that doctors from AIIMS and Apollo will be able to help in her recovery. We pray to God that she regains her health," Nadda said.
The team of AIIMS doctors include pulmonologist Dr GC Khilnani, anaesthetist Dr Anjan Trikha, cardiac surgeon Dr Sachin Talwar and cardiologist Dr Rajiv Narang.
Jayalalithaa has been critical after she suffered a cardiac arrest in Apollo Hospital yesterday where she was admitted over two months ago.
Apollo Hospitals, in a tweet late Sunday night, had said doctors were closely monitoring Jayalalithaa's condition and trying their "very best".
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju also said that security forces will be sent to Tamil Nadu in case the state’s security machinery is unable to handle any impending law & order situation. (Inputs: PTI)
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