Marginal improvement in Rao's health condition

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, who is on a hunger strike to press his demands for a separate state of Telangana, has started taking intravenous fluids and his condition has marginally improved, doctors attending on him said today.

"He (Rao) was refusing to take any intravenous fluids or any other medication. However at around 1pm, he agreed to have intravenous fluids," the doctors of the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) said.

"He also agreed to undergo blood tests. The blood samples were drawn. Then IV line was established. Subsequently, intravenous fluids were administered to him... the initial blood reports indicate that the reports are near normal," they
said.

"He took antibiotic dose in the afternoon and also agreed for starting saline," they said.

Earlier in the morning, the doctors said the TRS chief refused intravenous antibiotic and fluids. He also refused to let his blood samples to be sent for laboratory tests then. The doctors had cautioned that he should resume oral feeds immediately failing which his general condition would deteriorate further.