Governor Rao reaches Chennai, heads to Apollo to see Jaya

December 04, 2016 23:27

Ch Vidyasagar Rao, governor of Tamil Nadu, has landed in Chennai from Mumbai, and will soon reach Apollo Hospital, where Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was admitted to the ICU today evening following a cardiac arrest.

Rao, who is also governor of Maharashtra, was in Mumbai to attend a Navy Day function.

ANI has tweeted that Jayalalithaa is on extracorporeal membrane heart assist device, and is being treated by expert doctors and critical care specialists at Apollo. Further, Dr Richard Beale from London also been consulted, and 'he has concurred with line of treatment by our cardiologists and pulmonologists,' Apollo Hospital has said.

Meanwhile, the Chennai collector has asked all tahsildars to report to him immediately.

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