The condition of Veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who is battling kidney failure, was on Friday described by a team of doctors attending on him at the lilavati Hospital as “not good”, with his creatinine levels rising steadily.
However, Dr Jalil Parkar, who is part of the team of team of nephrologists and physicians that is treating the thespian, denied reports in a section of the media that the actor was not ventilator. “He is not on ventilator as has been reported by a section of the media,” Dr Parkar said.
Dwelling on the actor’s medical condition, Dr Parkar said, “His condition is not good… His creatinine levels are rising, while his haemoglobian levels are decreasing. His potassium levels are also increasing. He will need dialysis. But, he is not ventilator”.
The actor was admitted to lilavati Hospital on Wednesday evening, after he suffered dehydration.
The 94-year-old actor has been hospitalised on many occasions in the recent years. This time around, there has been considerable anxiety in the Hindi film industry about his failing health.
Dilip Kumar, who in his career spanning for over six decades has acted over 65 films, was last seen on the big screen in "Qila" in 1998.
The actor, who has acted in iconic films like "Devdas", "Mughal-e-Azam", “Naya Daur” and “Madhumati”, was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.