She was to return to the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) later this month for detailed treatment based on the reports.
"We gave her a seven-day course of medicines as she divulged that she had rheumatology problems," says E M Najeeb, executive director, KIMS. The hospital would not reveal the exact nature of her illness.
Sunanda, 52, mentioned the hospital in one of her last tweets on Friday: "Got so many issues diagnosed in KIMS that now who knows when I got 2 go with joy Hastay hua jayegay " (will go smiling).
The tweet sparked off speculation that she was suffering from a life-threatening ailment. Her friends told TV channels on Friday evening that she suffered from lupus, a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body, skin, joints, and organs.
Sunanda was admitted for executive health checkup at KIMS on Sunday, prescribed a seven-day drug-course and scanned by specialists from the cardiology, ENT, gastroenterology, dental and rheumatology department.
Tharoor visited her all three days in room 929 on the ninth floor of KIMS, stayed with her on Monday night and left on Tuesday afternoon. Sunanda checked out of the hospital that evening as she wanted to go to Delhi.
"There was nothing amiss during her stay here, Sunanda was extremely pleasant," says Najeeb.
"I spoke with them for nearly an hour on Monday evening. I even heard Sunanda asking Tharoor to take a respite from politics and to look after his health," Najeeb says.
The investigations on her were conducted under medical superintendent Dr. Lissy Thomas while Dr. Vijayaraghavan was in-charge of the cardiology checkup. She was subjected to a barrage of echo and endoscopy tests. The hospital was planning a medical board meeting over the next few days after all the results are known. The hospital was also examining the old medical records that she had brought in.
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