Kolkata: The condition of CPI(M) patriarch
Jyoti Basu, kept on partial ventilation in hospital, continued
to be critical on Monday.
"He is a critical patient and we are dealing with a
critical situation," executive vice-president of AMRI Hospital
T S Kuckrejja told reporters.
He said the 95-year-old former West Bengal chief
minister's general condition remained unchanged and his blood
pressure was being maintained with a minimum dose of
ionotrope, while his urine output was satisfactory.
"Urinary output is satisfactory with 30-40 ml per hour
without medication which is satisfactory," he said.
Basu was being fed through a Ryles tube and his
condition monitored constantly.
The AMRI medical board had a 'routine' tele-conference
with the AIIMS critical care unit in Delhi and experts there
had expressed satisfaction with the treatment modalities.
To a question, Kuckrejja said that Basu's cortisone
and immunity reports had been received and discussed by the
board and the AIIMS experts would be consulted.
The morning bulletin said that his cardio-vascular
system remained more or less stable.
The medical board will meet again at 11.00 am
tomorrow and the next bulletin given at noon.
PTI
First Published: Monday, January 11, 2010, 21:06