Kolkata:The condition CPM leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, who is battling pneumonia, remained
critical on Friday with doctors putting him back on full ventilation. The ventilatory
support of Basu had been reduced partially on Thursday evening. The report of
a bacterial test done on him would be available today. Basu's health condition
deteriorated on Wednesday morning, following which he was put on a ventilator.
The 95-year-old former West Bengal Chief Minister was kept under observation for
the last three days in the ICU. Earlier in July 2009, Basu was admitted to the
hospital when he complained of discomfort in the abdomen and a disturbed sleep.
