Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has been shifted "from the ICU to the normal ward", the official twitter account of AIADMK tweeted on Saturday evening.
This is the first time that that Ms. Jayalalaithaa has been moved out of the CCU since she was admitted on September 22 with complaints of ‘fever’ and ‘dehydration,’ just days short of two months.
The Chief Minister was being treated for pulmonary oedema by the team of doctors at Apollo, with cardiologists, pulmonologists and critical care consultants from AIIMS, Delhi, and Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, weighing in. Apart from in-house physiotherapists, she also received attention from physiotherapists from Singapore, according to sources.
On Friday, Apollo Hospitals’ Chairman Prathap C. Reddy said that Ms. Jayalalithaa had recovered completely from the infection, was able to breathe without respiratory support and that she could decide when she would like to be discharged.
The room will have all requisite facilities to attend to the medical needs of the patient, according to sources.
(This story was first published in Online edition of The Hindu dated Nov. 19, 2016)