Minister Senthil Balaji Undergoing Further Tests Before Decision On Bypass Surgery: Kauvery Hospital

Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji is currently being treated in ICU with cardiac monitoring and being looked after by a multidisciplinary team of doctors and nurses.

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Updated on: 16 June 2023 7:24 am

Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji

Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested on Wednesday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection to an alleged?money laundering charges, was being treated in the ICU with cardiac monitoring, said the officials from Kauvery Main Hospital on Friday.

After getting a court relief, the minister was shifted to the Kauvery Main Hospital from a government facility on Thursday.

According to the medical bulletin issued by Dr Aravindan Selvaraj, co-founder and Executive Director, Kauvery Group of Hospitals, Senthil?was assessed by a team of doctors led by A R Raghuram, Senior Consultant Cardio Thoracic Surgeon, who has advised early Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery.

"He is undergoing further tests to assess fitness for anaesthesia and based on the assessment, the surgery will be planned," it added.

Balaji is currently being treated in ICU with cardiac monitoring and being looked after by a multidisciplinary team of doctors and nurses, it added.

Balaji was arrested by the ED in a cash-for-jobs scam allegedly involving him when he was Transport minister in the then CM J Jayalalithaa-led cabinet.