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.