"Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening, continues to be very critical and is on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and life support systems", said Apollo Hospitals in a statement on Monday.


"The chief minister is being treated and closely monitored by a team of experts," said the statement issued by Apollo Hospitals chief operating officer Subbiah Viswanathan.

"A team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences would land in Chennai later this afternoon", doctors said.

Apollo Hospitals said "they had been updating the Prime Minister's Office, Raj Bhawan and Union health ministry about the health condition of the chief minister."

68-year-old Jayalalithaa was admitted to Apollo hospital on September 22 after she complained of fever and dehydration. She was later put on ventilator.

Last week, Apollo Hospitals chairman Dr. Prathap C Reddy said: "Jayalalithaa she was using a speaking aid as it was difficult for her to speak with the tracheostomy."

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BY M. DIVYA SRI