Lagatar24 Desk
Chennai, June 21: Senthil Balaji, a minister of Tamil Nadu, underwent a bypass procedure on Wednesday, the Kauvery Hospital in Chennai said.
“Thiru. V. Senthil Balaji, Honorable Minister of Government of Tamil Nadu underwent Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery by Dr A. R. Raghuram, Senior Consultant Cardio Thoracic Surgeon and his team today morning. Four bypass grafts were placed and coronary revascularization was established,” a statement released by Kauvery Hospital on Wednesday morning said.
The hospital added that the minister is currently “hemodynamically stable” and that his health is being closely watched.
“He is currently hemodynamically stable and being monitored in the postoperative cardiothoracic intensive care unit by the multidisciplinary team of doctors and nurses,” the hospital stated.
Ma Subramanian, the Health Minister for Tamil Nadu, stated that he has been in frequent contact with medical professionals to learn about Balaji’s health updates.”I have been in contact with the doctors constantly. Dr Raguraman did bypass surgery for Senthil Balaji. Now Bypass surgery operation got over and Senthil Balaji is in post-operation ward,” he said.
A coronary angiography performed on Balaji, 47, on June 14 revealed triple vessel disease, for which CABG-Bypass Surgery was recommended as soon as possible.
The DMK minister was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 14, after reporting chest pain he was taken to a government hospital in Chennai. On June 15, the Madras High Court authorised his transfer to the private hospital of his choice. Later, he was transferred to Kauvery Hospital in Alwarpet from the Tamil Nadu government’s Multi Super Speciality Hospital.
