Dilip Kumar Out Of Hospital After 14-Day Stay, But Still On Nasal Feed
The good news is that Dilip Kumar has returned home. The thespian was convalescing in Lilavati Hospital after being down with Aspiration Pneumonia. No oral feed yet as per strict instructions from doctors
Saira
Banu is relieved. Dilip Kumar is back home after a 2-week stay in Lilavati,
perhaps the longest stay of the many admissions he has had in the same hospital
in the past few years. FYI, Dilip Kumar was wheeled into Lilavati Hospital
(Bandra) on September 5 a few minutes before 3 pm. A tweet on his Twitter
handle soon read: “Saab has been admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital as he
was bit uneasy due to a chest infection. He’s recuperating. Requesting your
duas and prayers. –FF.” SpotboyE.com
EXCLUSIVELY broke the news that the legend had been diagnosed with Aspiration
Pnemonia. Saira
Banu was then told that Dilip Kumar will have to kept under strict observation
in ICU for the next 72 hours- but the senior actor had to undergo several tests
and a lot of treatment this time. This and the high amount of observation which
was required subsequently drove the doctors to keep him for so long.
Dilip Kumar was discharged from the hospital on
September 18. However, the 95-year old legend continues to be on nasal feed---
as a large amount of food which he was taking a few days before he was admitted
had entered his lungs--- and the doctors still feel that he should not be given
any type of food orally (SpotboyE.com was the FIRST to bring you the nasal feed
update on Dilip Kumar). A lot of medicines are being given intravenously at the
same time. A call on when to remove the nasal feed will be taken by a team of
doctors only after few days. "So far so good. Dilip saab is out of
danger. His vital parameters are stable," says a source. Is he out of
danger? "Yes, no cause of immediate worry," the source revealed.
Dilip Kumar
In November 2017, Dilip Kumar
was admitted to the hospital for ‘mild’ pneumonia and advised complete bed rest
by doctors. "This time the stay was longer than otherwise but it's always
better to have a longish observation period if the problems are generally
associated with age, which is true in the case of Dilip Kumar," the source
added.
What is Aspiration Pneumonia?
Aspiration pneumonia is a type of lung infection that is due to a relatively
large amount of material from the stomach or mouth entering the lungs. Signs
and symptoms often include fever and cough of relatively rapid onset.
