Kolkata: Veteran Sandhya Mukhopadhyay singer rushed to the SSKM hospital through the green corridor on Thursday morning after his condition deteriorated suddenly at the lake residence.
The 90-year-old player was tested positive for Covid and then shifted to Apollo Gleneagles Hospital after he was diagnosed with heart problems, in addition to lung infections.
The medical team has formed in Apollo for his maintenance.
On Tuesday, Mukhopadhyay refused an offer to accept Shri Padma.
The central decision to give awards was sharing personally with Mukherjee on Tuesday night, hours before the official list was stated at night.
But this happens as a rough surprise for veteran artists.
Just like Hemanta Kumar, with whom he has recorded a number of duets, Mukherjee also refused the offer.
He then recovered from falling in a small room.
Chairman of the Minister of Mamata Banerjee visited the SSKM on Thursday afternoon and said the singer would be moved to Apollo so he got ‘the best treatment’.
“He has developed a heart problem with Covid.
We can move it to Shambhunath Pandit Hospital and his family agreeing to it.
But because his condition remains serious, we feel it would be better to move it to Apollo,” said Banerjee, added that Mukhopadhyay was’ legend and Ratna Bharat ‘.
On the SSKM, the singer was accepted at Woodburn Ward.
“He is a national pride.
Let’s pray for recovery,” Mamata said.
Mukhopadhyay was taken to Apollo through another green corridor.
According to his family, his lungs were infected and he had a fever on Tuesday night.
A few days ago, he suffered fell in the bathroom and had been sick since then.
“I don’t keep it well,” he told Ti on Tuesday night.
“Someone called me from Delhi, hours before the official award must be used as a public and solved the news to me.
It was very insulting.
Throughout my life, I have never run after the award “He said.
His family members are both annoyed.
Soumi Sengupta’s daughter said the award was too late.
“He is a senior artist in Bengal now.
Everyone knows that he never left after the award.
He hasn’t maintained well.
Frankly, negotiating, Shri Padma did not lack insults,” said Sengupta said.