Dilip Kumar stable, responding well to treatment: Hospital

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who is being treated for kidney-related ailments, is stable and responding positively to treatment, a senior official from Lilavati Hospital said today. The 94-year-old actor was admitted to the hospital in suburban Bandra on Wednesday morning due to dehydration and urinary tract infection. Doctors said Kumar’s kidneys were not functioning properly. “He is stable at the moment. With the help of medicines, he has passed urine. Creatinine and potassium levels are high. He is alert and conscious. He is responding well to the treatment. Cardiologist Dr Nitin Gokhale and nephrologist Dr Arun Shah are treating him,” Ajaykumar Pande, Vice President Lilavati Hospital told PTI. Earlier, Kumar’s wife Saira Banu had said, “We (all) should pray he recovers soon. He should be well Inshallah! God willing. The doctors are treating him.” PTI