Chennai: The health condition of veteran Tamil film director and actor Bharathiraja, who has been admitted to hospital after complaining of breathing problems, is stable, the hospital announced today.
In a medical bulletin, MGM Healthcare, the hospital where the veteran director is currently receiving treatment, said, “Mr. Bharathiraja was admitted due to severe lung infection and is currently being treated in the Critical Care Unit. He is being given all appropriate treatment for organ damage and is being closely cared for by our team of medical experts.”
“His condition is stable and he will continue to require treatment in the critical care unit,” the hospital added.
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Meanwhile, senior professionals from the film industry, including director RK Selvamani, director and actor Seeman, producer and actor Chitra Lakshmanan, directors Lingusamy, Ameer, AR Murugadoss and Seenu Ramasamy visited the veteran director in the hospital on Monday.
In a video clip soon after meeting the veteran director’s family in the hospital, director RK Selvamani said, “We had come to meet director Bharathiraja. For the last few days, there have been misinformation doing rounds on social media and a section of the media about his health. We wanted to clarify the situation and hence met him today.”
“We met the doctor treating the director. The doctor told us that director Bharathiraja is in the intensive care unit. All his body organs are functioning well. He has developed pneumonia and his condition is stable,” the director said.
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Selvamani further said, “When we requested the doctor if we could see director Bharathiraja, he said that yesterday, a lot of visitors had called the director and as a result, his infection had increased. Hence, he clarified that they were not allowing anyone to bring down the infection. Currently, director Bharathiraja is stable.”
“Some people out of curiosity or with bad intentions are spreading false rumours. If you really have affection for the veteran director, please pray for him as it will in a way help in his recovery. Please do not share false rumours. Whatever the news, the family members or the hospital will give it to you. Before that, do not share the news on your own. We have also met all the family members and the chief doctor and inquired about him (Bharathiraja). Health. We have requested them to issue a medical bulletin daily to stop the spread of false rumours,” the director explained.