Taking a serious note on the health condition of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu's health condition whose fast for the cause of farmers entered 7th day, the state government on Thursday directed the doctors in Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences to shift Naidu to Intensive Care Unit and administer intravenous fluids by force, if necessary, immediately.
The government orders came after NIMS doctors said that Naidu might slip into coma if he was not given treatment 'immediately'.
Following the directions, Naidu was shifted to the D R Ward in the ICU on the first floor of the hospital by the doctors, who also tried to administer medicines and saline to him.
However, Naidu is still believed to be resisting the doctors' attempts and was refusing treatment.
According to the doctors attending to him at the NIMS, Naidu's blood pressure and blood sugar levels are nearing dangerous levels.
The doctors added that if Naidu did not take fluids, his condition is likely to deteriorate further and he may slip into coma within 2 hours.
A panel of doctors monitoring the TDP chief's condition has been trying in vain to forcibly give the former Chief Minister liquid nutrients.
Naidu's close associates and family members including wife Bhuvaneswari Devi and son Lokesh have also reportedly tried to convince him to take liquid food, but he has refused so far.
Earlier, when Naidu had resisted efforts to shift him to the ICU, the doctors had converted his room into an ICU.
The TDP supremo had been on hunger strike since December 17th, demanding adequate compensation to the farmers, who had lost crops in successive recent natural calamities.