Minister T P Ramakrishnan hospitalised after heart attack

Kozhikode: Excise and Labour Minister T P Ramakrishnan has been hospitalised here after he suffered a heart attack.

Sixty seven-year-old Ramakrishnan was admitted to the Intensive care Unit of Kozhikode Medical College Hospital Sunday, after he complained of chest pain, hospital sources said Monday.

A senior doctor of the Cardiology department of KMCH said the Minister underwent angioplasty after two blocks were detected in his arteries, they said.

"The Minister is under observation at the super-speciality block of the hospital," he said.

Ramakrishnan was at his residence in Perambara in the district, when he complained of chest pain.