Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan continues to remain in a critical, but stable condition at the intensive care unit of Pattom SUT Hospital, following a cardiac arrest.

According to the hospital’s medical superintenden, efforts to stabilise the 100-year-old veteran leader’s heartbeat and respiration with life support systems are ongoing under the supervision of a team of expert doctors.

Achuthanandan, a stalwart of the Communist movement in Kerala and one of the founding leaders of the CPM in the state, served as Chief Minister from 2006 to 2011. He has been largely away from public life in recent years due to age-related ailments.