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After his complains of breathing difficulty, actor, Dilip Kumar was admitted to Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital on Sunday.
The actor is now stable and is likely to be discharged within “three to four days”, said the chest specialist treating the screen icon, Dr Jalil Parkar, on Tuesday.
Dilip, 98, is under treatment at the suburban Khar-based Hinduja Hospital, a non-Covid-19 facility, since Sunday.
“He is stable. We will take a call on removing fluids tomorrow. He might get discharged in three to four days,” Dr Jalil Parkar told PTI.
Dr Jalil had said on Monday that Dilip’s health had improved. His oxygen saturation levels are now better and his breathlessness had reduced.
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“My husband, my Kohinoor, our Dilip Kumar Sahab’s health is stable and doctors have assured me that he should be discharged soon,’ the 76-year-old actor and wife of Dilip Kumar, Saira Bano wrote.
The Hindi cinema actor, Dilip was admitted to the same hospital for a regular health check-up, last month.
Dilip made his acting debut with Jwar Bhata in 1944. He had appeared in several iconic films in his career such as Kohinoor, Mughal-e-Azam, Devdas, Naya Daur, Ram Aur Shyam, among others. He was last seen in Qila in 1998.