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CHENNAI: There was a “transient setback” in the health condition of DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi , said a medical bulletin issued by Kauvery Hospital here on Sunday night.The three-sentence bulletin issued by hospital executive director Dr Aravindan Selvaraj said the DMK chief’s “vital signs are normalising.” It said, “He continues to be closely monitored and treated by a panel of expert doctors.”Karunanidhi, who was suffering from a urinary tract infection and other age-related ailments, was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital on Saturday night.Hundreds of DMK workers started gathering outside the hospital at Alwarpet in the evening and shouted slogans praising the five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu.DMK leader and Lok Sabha member A Raja told partymen who assembled outside the hospital that Karunanidhi was responding to treatment. He appealed to them to maintain calm and disperse.Police resorted to a mild lathicharge to control the crowd.Later, Karunanidhi’s son and DMK working president M K Stalin appealed to the cadre to maintain calm. He said DMK chief's health was improving.“I appeal to cadre not to create any law and order situation. I appeal to you to maintain calm and extend full cooperation to police,” Stalin said in a statement.Meanwhile, several party members assembled outside Karunanidhi’s house at Gopalapuram. They shouted, " Kalaignar is 25, and not 94 years old. He will come home alive."