Following substantial improvement in his health, celebrated Garhwali folk singer Narendra Singh Negi was removed from ventilator on Sunday. The close relatives attending the singer said that he has started communicating also. Though unable to speak he is scribbling down his thoughts and communicating with those attending him. The doctors are hopeful that if he maintains the current pace of the recovery then he could be released from the hospital in some days.
The famous folk singer popularly termed as voice of hills was rushed to CMI hospital on Wednesday when he complained of uneasiness and pain in chest.
The doctors diagnosed a heart attack and he was rushed to Max super specialty hospital where
he was immediately put on life support system. Here a team of cardiologists also performed an angioplasty on him. Fake news of death of the celebrated singer was circulated by some mischievous elements in the social media platforms. These rumours prompted his son Kavilash Negi to appear before the media where he clarified that Negi is safe and out of danger.
large number of people including the state Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, former CMs Harish Rawat, Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘Nishank’, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, senior leaders Prakash Pant, Satpal Maharaj, state chiefs of BJP and Congress has visited the famous folk singer in the hospital. Perturbed by this huge VIP movement, the hospital administration has now imposed a restriction and only very close family members are allowed to meet him in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).