Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee was shifted to Intensive Care Unit on Saturday after his health condition worsened during the day, PTI reported.
According to reports, the 85-year-old actor was at an “acute confusional stage” due to which a neurologist advised him be shifted to the ICU. A doctor reportedly told PTI that the actor has several co-morbidities, which require extra care.
Posting a bulletin on the actor’s health, his daughter Poulami Bose said: “As per the team of 12 doctors attending to him, my father is maintaining his vital parameters and is stable on this count. His BP is normal and he has no need of oxygen administration at the moment. However, he is suffering from Covid Encelopathy as per the physician’s assessment and therefore disoriented and restless at this time. All due care is being taken on this count. There has been no deterioration on account of his co-morbidities including a high PSA count, pneumonia tendencies and compromised lungs which is a good sign.”
According to The Times of India, Chatterjee’s family have tested negative for the virus but are under home quarantine.
Chatterjee was admitted to a private hospital on Tuesday morning after he tested positive for Covid-19. Confirming the news, Bose had told The Times of India that the only symptom he had was fever.
After the news of him testing positive broke, many from the film fraternity, as well as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, expressed concern over his health.
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The Ghare Baire actor had recently resumed shooting for Parambrata Chatterjee’s Abhijan after the Bombay High Court allowed all persons above 65 years to work on film sets. The film is said to be the veteran actor’s biopic. Jisshu Sengupta will be seen playing the role of young Chatterjee, while the actor will be portraying his older self. The actor also shot for Sandip Sarkar’s web series Next last week.
The veteran actor is best known for his films with auteur Satyajit Ray. The pair has made several iconic films like Apur Sansar, Ashani Sanket, Aranyer Din Ratri, Charulata, Teen Kanya, Shakha Proshakha, Ganashatru, Saat Pake Bandha, the Feluda series, and many more. He has also acted in films directed by other renowned Bengali directors like Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha, Ajoy Kar, and Asit Sen.