MP Shashi Tharoor, who had a minor fall during a thulabharam (weighing) ceremony at Kerala's Gandhari Amman Kovil temple, was declared fit and discharged from the hospital on Tuesday. A persistent headache and bleeding noticed in his computed tomography (CT) report after the fall had put the neurosurgery team and medical board into panic mode for over 24 hours. Tharoor was, however, discharged on Tuesday afternoon after an MRI scan ruled out any abnormalities.

Professor Dr Arun Kumar attached to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College said that Tharoor, suffering from diabetes and hypertension, had been undergoing anti-platelet medication and therefore suffered from excessive bleeding post the fall. "We had to conduct an MRI scan of the brain and cervical spine to ascertain the exact findings of the CT scan, and luckily no bleeding was spotted. We suspect the persistent headache could be due to the impact of head injury," Dr Kumar told mid-day. The Congress leader has been advised to not campaign for a day.