Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s condition is “extremely grave”, a London-based doctor who is assisting doctors in Chennai’s Apollo Hospital said today. “The situation is extremely grave but I can confirm that everything possible is being done to give her the best chance of surviving (the cardiac arrest),” Richard Beale said in a statement. “She is being cared for […]
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» Read moreTamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who suffered a cardiac arrest, on Monday continued to remain under close watch of an expert team of doctors at the Apollo Hospitals where she has been undergoing treatment for more than two months. Doctors were closely monitoring the condition of Ms. Jayalalithaa and trying their “very best”, the hospital said early on Monday. Distressed […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa, who was shifted back to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai after she suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening, is “very critical”, and she is on ECMO and other life support systems, according to the latest medical bulletin issued by the Apollo Hospitals on Monday. Hundreds […]
» Read moreAt least 11 people, including three women, were killed and 30 others injured on Monday in Pakistan when a huge fire erupted at a four-star hotel here, rescue officials said. The blaze broke out in the kitchen located at the ground floor of the Regent Plaza hotel at the city’s Shahrah-i- Faisal and spread across the six-floor building, trapping nearly […]
» Read moreA strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Monday, U.S. seismologists said. However, no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The undersea quake hit about 190 kilometres (120 miles) northeast of Maumere, a holiday destination in Flores, at 09:13 am (0113 GMT), at a depth of 522 kilometres, […]
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