Rajya Sabha member and veteran advocate Ram Jethmalani was admitted to a private hospital in Kochi on Saturday after he felt uneasy but is responding well and could be discharged in a day, doctors said.

In the port city to take part in a felicitation meeting organised by a group of lawyers, Jethmalani was taken to the Lake Shore hospital in the morning from his hotel after he complained of feeling uneasy.

According to informed sources, the nonagenarian lawyer, even though is now under observation in ICU, is keeping well and would be discharged either Sunday or on Monday.