Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan was rushed to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra, Mumbai, sparking concern among fans. Soon after reports claimed that the 90-year-old had been placed on ventilator support, his doctor issued a health update, clarifying that the ventilator was only a precaution. The doctor confirmed that a Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) procedure was successfully performed earlier today, February 18, by a neurosurgeon, and added that he will be taken off the ventilator tomorrow if his condition continues to improve.
Doctor Shares Health Update On Salim Khan
Speaking to the media outside the hospital on Wednesday afternoon, the doctor said that on Tuesday morning, Salim was brought to Lilavati Hospital by his family physician. He was initially treated in the casualty ward, where doctors administered medications and realised that he required ICU hospitalisation, following which he was shifted to the ICU.
However, he had high blood pressure, for which he was treated, and was placed on a ventilator as a precaution to prevent his condition from worsening while certain investigations were conducted. The doctor confirmed that the ventilator was used purely as a safeguard and not because he was critical.
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'Thoda Sa Brain Haemorrhage Hua Tha...'
The doctor further said, "We needed to carry out investigations, and today we performed a minor procedure. The procedure performed was a DCA by a neurosurgeon and been accomplished successfully. He is fine and stable and has been shifted to the ICU. By tomorrow, he will be taken off the ventilator. He is doing quite well. Age is a factor, we understand."
"Woh aaye toh fully conscious aur fit lag rahe the. Thoda sa brain haemorrhage hua tha, jise humne tackle kar diya. Uske liye kisi surgery ki zarurat nahi hai."
