Actor Rajinikanth’s health condition stable, undergone elective procedure
He is undergoing the Transcatheter Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) procedure, which is a minimally invasive procedure.
Rajinikanth (ANI)
CHENNAI: CHENNAI: Actor Rajinikanth is stable after he was admitted to a private hospital in the city on Monday night. After complaints of abdomen pain, he was taken to the hospital.
The medical procedure on actor Rajinikanth was completed successfully and he is expected to be moved to the ward in the evening. He is under observation in the cardiac intensive care unit. His health is stable and he is awake.
Health minister Ma Subramanian told reporters that the health condition of actor Rajinikanth is stable and he is being monitored at the hospital.
"There is nothing to fear or panic. There was no major surgery performed," Ma Su said.
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The procedure was to repair the enlargement of a blood vessel near his abdomen.
Sources said that he is being supervised by interventional cardiologist Dr Sai Sathish.
Other tests including an ECG, and ECHO are also being done to evaluate his health condition and it is expected to be a case of Abdominal Aneurysm.
An official statement on the actor's health from the hospital is awaited.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister M K Stalin, wished a speedy recovery to Superstar Rajinikanth.
