Andhra Pradesh minister Gautham Reddy  |  Photo Credit: ANI
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh IT and Industries Minister Gautham Reddy passed away on Monday morning after suffering a heart attack.
The 50-year-old was admitted to Apollo hospital in Hyderabad after he suffered a heart stroke and suddenly collapsed at home. However, he was declared dead by doctors.
“He was unresponsive, not breathing and in cardiac arrest on arrival. He received immediate CPR and advanced cardiac life support in our emergency department,” the hospital said in a release.
The emergency medicine team and specialists including cardiologists and critical care doctors attended to him, it said.
“CPR was done for more than 90 minutes. Despite our best efforts, he could not be revived,” it added.
He was declared to have died at 9:16 am today morning.
“We are supporting his family to the best extent possible in this difficult time,” the hospital said.