As reputed playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam (SPB) has been battling against the COVID-19 viral infection for the past three weeks, his son SPB Charan, who has been giving the update concerning his father's health condition, had issued a fresh update on Monday in which he said he met the singer after two weeks.
His latest update has come hours after he dispelled the rumor that was surfaced around the singer's health that the latter has tested negative for the COVID-19 viral infection. Earlier on Monday, the development that the singer had recovered from the viral infection had headlined across the state with his fans started to celebrate that the singer had won the battle against the pandemic. The news of his recovery was circulated based on the Tweet posted by the SPB's PRO.
However, following the development, SP Charan released a video in which he dispelled the news of his father recovery from COVID-19 is a rumor and said that the circulated information wasn't from him and asserted that he would be releasing a fresh update on SPB's health condition on Monday evening after discussing with the doctors and the medical team and appealed to the people to refrain from spreading rumors on his father's health condition.
As announced, he has released a fresh update on Monday evening and pressed that, "Regardless of Dad being COVID negative or positive, it doesn't change the (health) status that Dad is in right now". He said, "The hospital has issued press note this evening saying that he continues to be on the support of the ventilator and ECMO and the medical team is completely following him and making sure that he's comfortable and will be on the path to recovery".
SP Charan stated, "I want to tell you all that I had gone to visit Dad. Its been about two weeks since I saw him last. He is awake and his medication is veining out which is putting him under sedation. Though not wide awake, he saw me and recognized me. I had a brief conversation with him and I asked him how he was doing". Charan said, "I had passed on all your blessings and well wishes to Dad. I told him that everybody is praying for him and he needs to be strong and come back to us as soon as possible".
Charan asserted that SPB had shown a sign of thumps up and said, "He asked me how I was and how my mom was. He has responded to music that is being played in his room and all your prayers, wishes, and prasadams have been passed on the ICU team which have been put next to his bed, behind him are the beautiful display of all the gods and prasadams". Charan added, "I would like to thank you and I am very happy to see my dad and I will constantly be going and visiting him that could give a good boost to him and he is looking forward to thanking each and every one of you for all the prayers and wishes that you have showered upon him. Let's keep continuing it and my family is very grateful for all your love, concern, and affection".
On August 5, SPB said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and he has been getting treated at the MGM Healthcare Hospital in Chennai and while he said he had a mild infection and would be discharged in two days, his health took a wrong turn on August 14 after it attained a setback and deteriorated. He was spelled at a critical state and he was moved to ICU with life support. Last week, millions of fans from across and beyond the borders and cinema fraternities had held a mass prayer for the singer and sent their wishes and prayers for the singer's speedy recovery.
Last Friday, the singer who is in his 74 had returned stable from being critical. However, the hospital said he has been getting treated at the ICU under the support of the ventilator and ECMO, and the doctors who are attending him have been collaborating with the international experts in the US and UK and monitoring the multilingual artist around the clock.
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