VK Sasikala’s husband M Natarajan critical

CHENNAI: Jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala’s husband, M Natarajan, is critical and on ventilator support at

Gleneagles Global Health City

in Chennai, his doctor said.

There is no official bulletin from the hospital, but doctors said the 74-year-old chronic liver disease patient, who underwent a dual organ transplant in 0ctober 2017, was back in the hospital two weeks ago. "His condition turned critical last night following severe chest congestion," said a senior doctor.

Natarajan underwent a seven-and-a-half hour kidney and liver transplant surgery on October 3. He got organs from 19-year-old Karthik N, who was declared brain dead after a road accident in

Pudukottai

district.

After intensive care treatment, including a tracheotomy – a surgical incision in the airway – to connect him to the ventilator, he was discharged from the hospital in November. Sasikala came out on parole to visit him.

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