No change in health of veteran Communist leader V S Achuthanandan

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 28 (PTI) There is no change in the health of former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan who remains in a critical condition at a private hospital here, days after suffering a cardiac attack, doctors said on Saturday.

The 101-year-old Marxist leader was admitted earlier this week and continues to be treated in intensive care by a team of specialist doctors.

According to the latest medical bulletin issued by the hospital, there is no change in the condition of Achuthanandan.

It also said that a special expert medical team of various specialists was closely monitoring and analysing his health parameters and were providing him treatment.

Achuthanandan, a towering figure in Kerala politics, has been battling age-related health issues in recent years and has largely stayed away from public life.

He is the last surviving member of the group that founded the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1964, following the historic split in the undivided Communist Party.

A lifelong campaigner for social justice and workers' rights, Achuthanandan served as the state chief minister from 2006 to 2011. PTI HMP HMP ROH