An archive photo of the fan club’s Soumitra Chatterjee (courtesy Soumitrafan)
Strong points
- “Please do not share such a picture,” wrote Soumitra Chatterjee’s daughter.
- “We are extremely upset,” she wrote in a Faceboook post.
- The actor was admitted to hospital on October 6
Calcutta:
A photograph of veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee lying in his hospital bed in Calcutta went viral on social media Tuesday and sparked a painful appeal from his daughter, to give the 85-year-old actor “privacy and the respect he so widely deserves “. Not only the photograph but also the rumors of his death and his detailed medical bulletin becomes public grieved the family. “In the midst of this time of enormous anxiety for the health of my COVID-afflicted father, we are extremely upset, sad and heartbroken to find unauthorized photos of him from the intensive care unit and his widely circulated medical bulletin. on social media, ”Poulami Bose, M. Chatterjee’s daughter posted on his Facebook page.
Grieved by the privacy breach, her daughter Poulami Bose said in her Facebook post: “Please do not share this image / information and disregard or indulge in rumor. is the urgent call from my family. Your prayers and good wishes are always very welcome. Thank you. “
Tuesday’s medical bulletin said there was some “improvement” in Mr Chatterjee’s neurological condition, prompting doctors to put a stop to a plan to put him on a ventilator. On Monday, he had received respiratory assistance with a mask without a rebreather (NRBM).
On Tuesday, some reports suggested that the medical board at Belle Vue Hospital had considered invasive respiratory assistance to protect Mr Chatterjee’s airways, which, in other words, meant putting him on a ventilator.
Mr Chatterjee was admitted to Belle Vue on October 6, after testing positive for COVID-19 the day before. He has several comorbidities according to the bulletin published by the hospital. They include prostate cancer, possibly in remission, for which he received treatment a few years ago, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). He was admitted to hospital in August last year with severe pneumonia.
On October 9, he had to move from a general bed to intensive care after developing encephalopathy linked to COVID-19. Mr. Chatterjee has also taken a course in Remdesivir.
