Soumitra Chatterjee health update: Veteran actor continues to be critical, undergoes CT-angiography
The 85-year-old continued to remain on ventilator supportChatterjee's prolonged stay at the hospital since 6 Oct, when he had tested Covid-19 positive, will take a toll on his health, a doctor said
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee's health condition continued to be critical, a doctor treating him said, adding that he is not doing well.
The 85-year-old who continued to remain on ventilator support underwent CT-angiography on Monday.
Speaking to reporters, Dr Arindam Kar who is leading the team of doctors at Kolkata's Belle Vue Hospital said, "Not a good news. With every passing day we are losing ground, while firefighting the complications."
"We have successfully stopped the bleeding. We had to go for vascular intervention and it lasted for about an hour. Hopefully, the bleeding won't happen again," the doctor told news agency PTI.
The stopping of the bleeding will hopefully improve Chatterjee's condition, the doctor said.
"We will be in a better position to manage his overall condition and hopefully there will not be any drop in his haemoglobin, platelets, or derangements in his physiology," he said.
Over the next two-three days, doctors will try to recover the ground that had been disturbed and correct most of the issues, he said.
"Once that is corrected then all the organs function normally. We will then focus on improving his consciousness. If he regains consciousness, he still has the vigour to bounce back," the doctor said.
There was no dialysis conducted on the actor on Monday, he said.
Chatterjee's prolonged stay at the hospital since October 6, when he had tested positive for COVID-19, will take a toll on his health, he said.
"His comorbidities, age and unconsciousness are a challenge. We are trying our best," the doctor said.
The actor, who debuted in Satyajit Ray's masterpiece 'Apur Sansar', has been under treatment since the first week of October after testing positive for COVID-19.
He later tested negative for the infection but COVID- 19 encephalopathy set in and various other complications surfaced.
Soumitra Chatterjee is a Dada Saheb Phalke-winner, and the first Indian film personality to be conferred with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France’s highest civilian award.
Chatterjee has worked in acclaimed films like Ashani Sanket, Ghare Baire, Aranyer Din Ratri, Charulata, Shakha Proshakha, Jhinder Bandi and Saat Pake Bandha, among others.
With agency inputs
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