Highlights
- The condition of veteran Malayalam film actor, Jagathy Sreekumar, who is undergoing treatment in a private hospital after he met with an accident, was satisfactory, doctors attending him said.
- A medical bulletin issued by the Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences said the actor's "general condition" was satisfactory.
- As a part of the process of removing him from ventilator permanently, he was removed from ventilator support for a long timeand was breathing on his own but it was reconnected so as not to get him tired. The process will continue, it said.
- A tracheotomy procedure was done this morning "to avoid uneasiness (to him) by connecting and disconnectng ventilator tubes in his mouth," it said.
- "There is improvement in the level of consciousness and recovery is likely to take some more time."
- The 61-year-old actor, who was on his way to Kodagu in Karnataka to shoot for a Malayalam film Idavappathy, was seriously injured when his car rammed into a road median at nearby Tenhipalam on March 10.
- Oscar-winning sound recordist Resul Pookutty was among the film personalities who visited Sreekumar.
The condition of veteran Malayalam film actor, Jagathy Sreekumar, who is undergoingtreatment in a private hospital after he met with an accident, was satisfactory, doctors attending him said.
A medical bulletin issued by the Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences said the actor's "general condition" was satisfactory.
As a part of the process of removing him from ventilator permanently, he was removed from ventilator supportfor a long timeand was breathing on his own but it was reconnected so as not to get him tired. The process willcontinue, it said.
A tracheotomy procedure was done this morning "to avoid uneasiness (to him) by connecting and disconnectngventilator tubes in his mouth," it said.
"There is improvement in the level of consciousness and recovery is likely to take some more time."
The 61-year-old actor, who was on his way to Kodagu in Karnataka to shoot for a Malayalam film
Idavappathy, wasseriously injured when his car rammed into a road median at nearby Tenhipalam on March 10.
Oscar-winning sound recordist Resul Pookutty was among the film personalities who visited Sreekumar.