Karunanidhi admitted to Chennai hospital for medical procedure
Chennai, July 18 (IBNS): DMK supremo M Karunanidhi was admitted to a Chennai hospital on Wednesday for a tracheostomy procedure, media reports said.
The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has been admitted as part of a routine medical check-up. The procedure has to be done every six months.
Karunanidhi has been suffering from a lung disease, for which he has been undergoing the treatment for several months now.
He had been hospitalised in 2016 for allergy-related ailments. In December 2016, he had undergone tracheostomy which involves creating an opening in the windpipe to enable breathing.
It is after this that he requires a tracheo tube replacement every six months. In 2017 he had been admitted to hospital where he had undergone the same minor procedure.
In an official statement, the hospital said that Karunanidhi's tracheostomy tube would be changed. It added that he would be discharged later in the day.
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