KOLKATA: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who is suffering from bacterial pneumonia, has been shifted to invasive ventilation. A nine-member medical board is monitoring his condition and has decided to conduct a CT scan to get a better understanding of his condition.
The latest medical bulletin from Woodlands Hospital, where Bhattacharjee is admitted, states that he was “electively intubated and ventilated last night due to altered sensorium and poor work of breathing. He is hemodynamically stable. A CT Thorax is planned.”
Bhattacharjee, who is a chronic COPD patient, had suffered from COVID-19 in 2020. The bacterial pneumonia has caused him to have troubled breathing.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya to undergo CT scan. He is hemodynamically stable. A nine member medical board closely monitoring his condition. pic.twitter.com/BBgQ1gc829
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Although the medical bulletin earlier stated that he is hemodynamically stable, the medical board monitoring his condition decided to undergo a few blood tests of Bhattacharjee.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former West Bengal CM, admitted to hospital with respiratory illness
79-year-old leader has been put on non-invasive ventilation, antibiotics, and other supportive management @joymalabagchi Reports pic.twitter.com/YUvbDVITFT
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who met Bhattacharjee and his family on Monday, said that he will get the best of treatment. “He will get the best treatment that is there. We all wish him a very speedy recovery,” Dhankhar said.
Bhattacharjee’s wife Meera Bhattacharya and daughter Suchetana Bhattacharya are with him at the hospital.
He was admitted to Woodlands on July 27 following lower respiratory tract infection and Type II respiratory failure. A multidisciplinary medical team is closely monitoring his progress.