Chennai: Miot Hospital, where DMDK president Vijayakanth is getting medical treatment, has said his health condition is stable.
In a statement, the hospital’s managing director Dr Prithvi Mohandas said, “Vijayakanth was tested positive for Covid-19 on 22 September, 2020”.
He added that he has been admitted to the hospital and his health condition is stable. “We expect that he would get well and return home soon”, Prithvi added.
According to a release from DMDK this morning, when Vijayakanth went to hospital for his routine health check-up, he was found with mild Covid symptoms.
“However, it has ben cured and Captain is now completely alright,” it added. The 68-year-old actor-turned-politician, who was fondly called as Captain, was last seen in a cameo role in his son Shanmuga Pandian’s film Sagaptham (2015).