On Tuesday evening, 24 hours after he was flown to Chennai, Vilasrao Deshmukh is showing signs of improvement. “His condition is stable. But he will remain hospitalised for two more days,” said an official of Global Health City, where Deshmukh is admitted.
CM Prithviraj Chavan said, “I had decided to leave for Chennai…But, I spoke to Amit (Deshmukh’s eldest son) and he said nobody is allowed to meet him. Amit also said he is responding to the treatment.”
There was, however, no official confirmation or medical bulletin verifying this. The Deshmukh family has refused to issue a health bulletin. “Family members have asked us not to divulge any information to the media,” said a hospital source.
The former Maharashtra CM is in the ICU, where he is being treated for liver ailment under the care of Dr Mohammed Rela. Earlier in the day he was said to be critical. Initially, doctors were planning a liver transplant, but till late Tuesday evening, neither the hospital nor the government had contacted the Tamil Nadu Organ Sharing Network. According to sources, efforts to find a perfect match can begin only after the patient’s family registers a request. Last week, Deskhmukh had been admitted to the Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai.
A Mumbai doc, on condition of anonymity said that Vilasrao’s liver ailment was detected over a year ago during a routine check-up. A week ago, Deshmukh was admitted to the Breach Candy hospital. It was found that he was suffering from cirrhosis of liver and also that both his kidneys were completely non-functional. “At Breach Candy, he was on dialysis for three days. There was no improvement in his condition and ultimately he was put on life support system,” the Mumbai doctor said.
On Monday, as his condition deteriorated, Deshmukh was shifted to Chennai in an air-ambulance. “We are planning a liver transplant after stabilizing his vital parameters,” the doctor attending to him at Chennia’s Global Hospital said. The 67-year-old former Maharashtra chief minister was flown to Chennai for treatment under the care of noted liver transplant surgeon Dr Mohammed Rela. “He is now on a ventilator. His kidneys are failing. We are evaluating him to see if he is fit enough for a transplant,” said a doctor requesting anonymity.
Apparently, his son, actor Riteish Deshmukh has expressed willingness to donate a part of his liver to his ailing father. For this, doctors will have to certify that the tissues match. According to transplant rules, the surgery will have to be cleared by an authorization committee headed by the Tamil Nadu director of medical education. “We have not ruled out a cadaver transplant either. We will put him on the wait-list. But that is only after he stabilises,” said another doctor.
errr. to each his own is being judgmental of other pleope’s choices now, is it? > SRK was shamelessly promoting his film what is shameless about promoting a film? what is a shameful (or shame aware) promotion of a film? how does saying hokey is/was one of my favorite sport morally oblige anyone to actually go and watch a hockey match.i agree that state must not pamper cricket, but expecting an actor to go around being charitable to some game because he acted in a movie on that theme is really really irrational. he has a right to watch or not watch, promote or not promote, any game, any movies, that he chooses to. for all the pretenses at liberalism, what you’re doing is deciding what other pleope should do. this is not a question of honesty. it’s a question of priorities. hockey may or may not be his favorite game (only he knows what happened to taking things at face value?). but even if it is, he still has a right to set his priorities. business first, social service (including that to a sport) later, if at all, or whatever. who are we to set them for him, or anyone?regards,asuph.