Slight improvement in VS' health condition; responds to medicines

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is a slight improvement in the health condition of former chief minister V S Achuthanandan. The senior leader is responding to medicines. A team of doctors will examine him again.

VS' son Arun Kumar had posted on Facebook that his father's health condition is improving. ‘Based on the information received so far today, the doctors say that my father's condition has improved slightly. We are also seeing positive information in the medical bulletins released by the hospital. Many people, including cComrade Pinarayi Vijayan and comrade Govindan Master, came to the hospital to inquire about his health. I would like to thank everyone,’ Arun Kumar wrote on Facebook.

VS was admitted to SUT Hospital in Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram on Monday afternoon following a heart attack. A team of doctors from cardiology, neurology and nephrology departments are attending on him.