KOCHI: Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy will leave for treatment in Germany. He is on rest after the treatment in Rajagiri Hospital in Rajagiri. His family clarified about his health condition amid false rumors about Chandy's health including on social media. The publicity was that Chandy was not giving better treatment.

However, Chandy's son Chandy Oommen responded that people are propagating things without understanding them properly. Chandy Oommen said that his father Oommen Chandy had suffered from this disease twice before and that the family is very saddened by the present publicity. He fell ill in 2015 and 2019.

When it came first, he was cured after nine months. The second time he was taken to America and Germany for treatment. Talking to a private channel, Chandy Oommen said that his family had taken him to Germany in search of treatment without side effects. Senior leaders including Ramesh Chennithala visited Oommen Chandy at Aluva Palace.