Saira Banu, the veteran Hindi actor, who is currently admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital has been diagnosed with a heart problem, PTI reported.
The 77-year-old actor was admitted to the hospital on August 28 following breathlessness, high blood pressure, and high sugar. “Her cardiac tests happened and she has been diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome,” a Hinduja Hospital doctor said.
While the doctors have suggested a CAG (coronary angiogram), Banu has refused the treatment, the doctor said. “Once she gives her consent, doctors can perform an angiography, ” the doctor added.
He also said that Banu is battling depression after the death of her husband, late veteran actor Dilip Kumar. “She doesn’t sleep much. She wants to go home,” the doctor said.
Banu lost her husband, Dilip Kumar, on July 7. The veteran actor, who was 98, was suffering from breathlessness for a long time and was being treated at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Mumbai’s PD Hinduja Hospital. After a period of prolonged illness, Kumar passed away. Banu and Kumar had tied the knot in October 1966.
The latest update is that Banu may be discharged on Sunday. According to a report in The Indian Express, an official informed that the veteran actor was treated for left ventricular failure with ischemia.
“Saira Banu was treated for left ventricular failure with ischemia and is out of crisis. She will probably be shifted out of the ICU tomorrow as conveyed by the treating consultant Dr. Nitin Gokhale,” the official said.
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Faisal Farooqui, a family friend, had earlier told The Indian Express that Banu’s condition is not critical. “Saira Ji’s doctor Nitin Gokhale suspects that there could be an issue with her left ventricular, for which she will need to go through an angiography, but that’s not urgent. But we are going with what the doctor says. All said and done, Saira ji is stable and should be out of the hospital soon.”