This Article is From Mar 12, 2012

Sreekumar's condition stable, remains on ventilator

Sreekumar's condition stable, remains on ventilator

Highlights

  • The condition of Malayalam film actor Jagathy Sreekumar, who was admitted to a hospital after he met with a road accident, is stable, doctors attending him said.
  • The condition of the actor, who underwent an emergency surgery after the accident on March 10, "is stable at present", Dr Abdullah Cheriakkat, Managing Director, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment, told reporters.
  • The 61-year actor, who suffered multiple injuries in chest, abdomen and leg, was responding to medicines well and his blood pressure and functioning of kidneys are normal. However, he will continue to remain on ventilator for a couple of days more, he said.
  • He said surgeries for correction of right thigh and right arm fractures would be done "most probably" depending on his condition.
  • Sreekumar,who has acted in over 1,000 films doing a variety of roles, largely as a comedian, met with the accident on his way to Kodagu in Karnataka for the shooting of a new movie when his car rammed into the road median and overturned at nearby Tenhippalam in wee hours on March 10.
  • Works on about 10 projects in which Sreekumar figures are held up in view of the accident, sources in film industry said.
Kozhikode: The condition of Malayalam film actor Jagathy Sreekumar, who was admitted to a hospital after he met with a road accident, is stable, doctors attending him said.

The condition of the actor, who underwent an emergency surgery after the accident on March 10, "is stable at present", Dr Abdullah Cheriakkat, Managing Director, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, where he is undergoingtreatment, told reporters.

The 61-year actor, who suffered multiple injuries in chest, abdomen and leg, was responding to medicines well and hisblood pressure and functioning of kidneys are normal. However, he will continue to remain on ventilator for a couple of daysmore, he said.

He said surgeries for correction of right thigh and right arm fractures would be done "most probably" dependingon his condition.

Sreekumar,who has acted in over 1,000 films doing a variety of roles, largely as a comedian, met with the accidenton his way to Kodagu in Karnataka for the shooting of a new movie when his car rammed into the road median and overturnedat nearby Tenhippalam in wee hours on March 10.

Works on about 10 projects in which Sreekumar figures are held up in view of the accident, sources in film industry said.
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