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DMK chief M Karunanidhi hospitalised

DMK president M Karunanidhi was on Wednesday admitted to a hospital to undergo a minor procedure, an official said. The…

PTI | Chennai | August 16, 2017 9:35 am

DMK chief M Karunanidhi hospitalised

M Karunanidhi (PHOTO: Facebook)

DMK president M Karunanidhi was on Wednesday admitted to a hospital to undergo a minor procedure, an official said.

The nonagenarian leader “has been admitted for a minor procedure – change of (Percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy) PEG tube. He will be discharged from the hospital later today,” Kauvery Hospital Executive Director S Aravindan said in a statement.

The veteran leader has been ill since 2016 and has been getting treatment at his Gopalapuram residence here.

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