Jayalalithaa doing well, says AIADMK

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, undergoing treatment at a hospital since September 22, is recovering fast and would soon resume her “people’s duty”, AIADMK spokesperson CR Saraswathi said on Monday.

“Amma is doing well and will come back to resume her ‘makkal pani’ (people’s duty) very soon,” she told reporters outside Apollo Hospital. Meanwhile, state ministers and the AIADMK cadre continued to organise special poojas at various temples across the state for the speedy recovery the party supremo.

Former Congress MLA Yasodha, veteran actress Saroja Devi and South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce vice-president Kalyan were among those who visited the hospital on Monday to enquire about Ms Jayalalithaa’s health condition.

“She is a great lady. I spoke to the doctors and was told that she was recovering,” Ms Devi said. Jayalalithaa, initially admitted for fever and dehydration, was being treated for an infection with respiratory support among others.

In the last medical bulletin issued on October 21, the hospital had said she was “interacting and progressing gradually”.