Crowds gather after Tamil Nadu leader suffers cardiac arrest


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  • Monday, 05 Dec 2016

J. Jayalalithaa, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu state, waves to her supporters from a car after leaving the jail in the southern Indian city of Bangalore October 18, 2014. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa

CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - The life of the leader of India's southern state of Tamil Nadu hung in the balance on Monday after she went into cardiac arrest, drawing large crowds to the hospital where doctors were fighting to save the hugely popular former actress.

Jayalalithaa Jayaraman went into cardiac arrest on Sunday night, the Apollo Hospital in the state capital Chennai said, her condition deteriorating sharply after her admission with a severe respiratory ailment in September.

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