The medical team tending to Tarakaratna has finally issued a health bulletin on his current condition and it confirms that the actor-politician is still in critical condition.
Shri Nandamuri Taaraka Ratna suffered a Cardiac Arrest at Kuppam on 27th January and was shifted to a Hospital in Kuppam with resuscitation for 45 minutes and primary treatment.
Doctors there advised to move him to a tertiary center due to his critical condition. We were requested to transfer him to Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences (Narayana Hrudayalaya), Bengaluru when a team of doctors from NH travelled to Kuppam to evaluate his condition.
He was found to have an Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction with Balloon Angioplasty, on intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) and Vasoactive support. He was transferred to NH via road at 1am on 28th January.
On arriving at NH higher level diagnostics showed that his condition was highly critical due to the cardiogenic shock after the Myocardial Infarction, and evaluation of his condition will continue with treatment under standard guidelines and protocols.
He is currently under the care of a multi-disciplinary clinical team including Cardiologists, Intensivists, and other specialists at NH. He remains in a critical state on maximal support. He will continue to be under rigorous evaluation and treatment in the coming days, the bulletin read.