There was absolutely no change in the health of renowned cartoonist RK laxman, whose medical condition was described on Tuesday evening as “critical, but stable”, by a team of doctors attending on him at Pune’s Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital.
“laxman’s medical condition still remains critical. He is on mechanical ventilator, on drugs to maintain his blood pressure. Currently his medical condition is critical but he is holding on his vital parameters like pulse, blood pressure, while oxygen, carbon dioxide, electrolytes and glucose concentrations in blood are stable,” Dr Sameer Jog, Consultant Intensivist attending on laxman, said in a medical bulletin issued in the evening.
“He is not in a conscious state. He is under close observation of Team of Intensivists in Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU),” the medical bulletin added.
laxman was admitted to Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital following multi-organ failure on Saturday night.The creator of the most popular cartoon strip “Common Man”, who had initially been admitted to Medipoint Hospital at Pune on Friday.