Jayalalithaa suffers cardiac arrest

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is said to be critical after she suffered a cardiac arrest yesterday evening at a Chennai hospital where she was admitted on September 22. In a statement, Chief Operating Officer of Apollo Hospital Dr Subbaiah Viswanathan said the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister suffered a cardiac arrest yesterday evening and she is being treated and monitored by a team of experts and critical care specialists. In a tweet late last night, Apollo Hospital's Joint Managing Director Sangita Reddy said the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is critical and a multi specialty team is trying everything possible. 

Soon after the Apollo statement came, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Tamil Nadu Governor Ch



Vidyasagar Rao and enquired about Ms. Jayalalithaa's health. Mr Rao, who is also the Governor of Maharashtra, rushed to Chennai from Mumbai and went to the hospital. After visiting the hospital late last night, the Governor went to the Raj Bhawan in Chennai. Tamil Nadu Ministers and top police officials also rushed to the hospital and held informal consultations on the situation.  

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu School Education Minister K.Pandiarajan clarified that there will be no holiday in educational institutions in the state today. Earlier, a section of media had reported that a holiday has been declared for educational institutions in the state today.