The legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who has been treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) from the city hospital here, is stable, his family friend Faisal Farooqui on Friday.
The 98-year-old screen icon was taken to Khar-based Hinduja Hospital in the suburbs, non-covid-19 facilities on Tuesday, to “overcome medical problems” related to old age after he complained of “shortness of breath”.
“He is stable.
He continues to be in a hospital for doctor’s advice so that doctors can give medical attention needed to remember his age.
The family believes he will be dismissed in one or two days,” Faroqui said.
He said the family had expressed his gratitude to Kumar sympathizers for their endless prayers.
Kumar was accepted at the same hospital early last month after episode shortness of breath.
The Hindi cinema veteran was then diagnosed with bilateral pleural effusion, the accumulation of excess fluids between the pleural layers outside the lungs, and underwent a successful pleural aspiration procedure.
He was dismissed after five days.
Kumar’s career stretched for five decades with a hit like ‘Mughal-e-azam’, ‘Devdas’, ‘Naya Recycling’, and ‘Ram Aur Shyam’.
The last big screen appearance was in the film 1998 ‘Qila’.
Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has also been treated at the same hospital and is undergoing treatment for pneumonia.
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