TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:16.08.2020
Playback singer S P Balasubrahmanyam, who was admitted to MGM Healthcare in Chennai, with mild Covid-19 symptoms, continues to be on life support. His condition is critical.
The 74-year-old singer was moved into the intensive care unit on Friday after his oxygen saturation dipped. He was admitted to the hospital on August 5. On Saturday, Dr V Sabanayagam, consultant and clinical lead, MGM healthcare, said the singer had been on life support in the intensive care unit for the past 48 hours but his condition is stable.
“He has been administered plasma therapy and the recommended medications such as remdesiver, steroids and medications to prevent blood clots. The life support is to help them breathe. He has been undergoing physiotherapy and frequently kept in a prone position to improve oxygenation. Doctors are monitoring his clinical parameters,” he said. SPB has been waking up from time to time. “He is aware of the treatment we are giving him,” the doctor said.
While visitors are not allowed, health minister C Vijayabaskar dropped in at the hospital along with senior government doctors to enquire about SPB’s health. “The chief minister is concerned about SPB’s health. The hospital explained his health condition and our medical team has also offered help to the treating team. I also spoke to his son who is now quarantined. We are hopeful he will recover,” he said. Policemen were posted outside the hospital for crowd management.
Earlier, the singer’s son, singer and film producer S P Charan released a video message assuring people that he was hopeful that his father would recover from the viral infection. “I have been receiving calls since the morning. Appa is stable now. He is responding well to the ventilator. His lungs are functioning better than they were yesterday. Doctors are confident he will pull through. But it will take time. ….Recovery will be slow,” he said, urging people to continue praying.
On Friday, the hospital announced there was a setback in the singer’s health. On August 13, his condition deteriorated and based on the advice of the expert medical team he was put on life support in the intensive care unit.
On August 5, the singer himself posted a video message on his Facebook page stating that he had tested positive for Covid-19 after showing mild symptoms. He said although doctors had advised him home isolation, he decided to get himself admitted to a hospital as he was concerned about the health of his family members. He requested people not to call him as he wanted some rest.
PRAYERS FOR RECOVERY
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