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Doctors considering tracheotomy on Soumitra Chatterjee to improve health

The doctors are also mulling to carry out plasmapheresis after consulting nephrologists

Soumitra Chatterjee. Photo: Wikipedia

Soumitra Chatterjee. Photo: Wikipedia

Press Trust of India Kolkata

Doctors treating Soumitra

Chatterjee are considering tracheotomy on the veteran actor, hoping that the surgery may improve his condition, a senior official said on Monday.

The doctors are also mulling to carry out plasmapheresis after consulting nephrologists, he said.

"We may consider administrating tracheotomy on Wednesday. This may improve his condition," the official said.

A team of senior doctors from the state health department visited Chatterjee at the private hospital and held elaborate discussions with the doctors treating him.

The actor has not experienced fever anymore, due to which doctors have stopped the antibiotics.

Chatterjee, who debuted in Satyajit Ray's masterpiece 'Apur Sansar', has been under treatment since the first week of October after testing positive for COVID-19.

 

He later tested negative for the infection but COVID- 19 encephalopathy set in and various other complications surfaced.

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First Published: Nov 09 2020 | 11:44 PM IST

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