Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was shifted from the Critical Care Unit (CCU) to a special room at Apollo Hospitals on Saturday evening, nearly two months after she was hospitalised.
"She has been shifted to a special room. It has more space for the CM to meet people," AIADMK spokesperson C Ponnaiyan said.
Hospital sources said she would continue to be on tracheostomy -- an incision in the windpipe made to relieve an obstruction to breathing -- and visitors would be restricted to avoid infection.
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On Friday, Apollo Hospitals Chairman Pratap C Reddy had said that the Chief Minister had recovered and was on ventilator for only 15 minutes a day. "Her mental functions are absolutely normal. She can guide and direct now. Some more systems of her body need to be pepped up. I can’t dictate her on discharge. She can go anytime she wants… She is on ventilator for 15-20 minutes every day so that her lungs don’t collapse."
Last week, the AIADMK supremo had issued her first statement since being hospitalised, appealing to voters to support her party in bypolls. "I have taken rebirth with the prayers of people and party cadre. What can harm me when I have your love. I am waiting to completely recover and resume my work for the people," she said.
Bypolls were held in three constituencies -- Aravakuruchi, Thiruparankundram and Thanjavur – on Saturday. This is the first time that the AIADMK supremo has not campaigned for the party.
The 68-year-old AIADMK supremo was admitted to the hospital for treatment of fever and dehydration on September 22.
The doctors later said she needed a longer hospital stay as she was suffering from infection and put her on respiratory support.
According to Apollo Hospitals, a team of specialist doctors — cardiologists, respiratory physicians, consultants for infectious diseases, diabetologist and endocrinologist -- treated her.
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