Veteran Bengali Actor SoumitraChattopadhyay's health condition continued to remain critical and he would undergo two or three episodes of dialysis to tackle his renal functioning on Wednesday, doctors at Kolkata's Belle Vue Hospital said.
Chattopadhyay has been on ventilator support since Monday as the medical expert team at the hospital described his renal function as 'not so good.'
"The team of nephrologists has decided that 2-3 episodes of dialysis will help bring down urea and creatinine levels in his body which should also improve the consciousness. We will also try to restore urine output of the actor. Hopefully, the dialysis will be for a shorter duration," said Dr ArindamKar, who is heading the medical team for Chattopadhyay at the hospital.
The 85-year-old DadasahebPhalke awardee has been admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Kolkata's Belle Vue Hospital for almost 19 days now and his consciousness level has gone down significantly in the last few days. His count of haemoglobin also came down a few days back while the urea level in his body was up. The key problem for Chattopadhyay was Covid-19 encephalopathy, hospital sources said.
It was learnt that there was no gastrointestinal bleeding on Wednesday. The oxygen support was also at about 40-50 per cent, again unchanged since Tuesday.