Jyoti Basu put on ventilator as his condition deteriorates
Kolkata:CPM leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu's health condition deteriorated on Wednesday morning following which he has been put on a ventilator. Basu is being treated for pneumonia at the AMRI hospital in Salt
Lake here. The 95-year-old former West Bengal Chief Minister was kept under observation
for the last two days in the ICU. The veteran leader was admitted here on Friday
following a severe chest infection. The doctors after conducting a proper check-up
had earlier detected that he was suffering from slight pneumonia. Earlier in July
2009, Basu was admitted to the hospital complaining of discomfort in the abdomen
and a disturbed sleep.
