Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee put on ventilator support

Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee's health condition has deteriorated on Monday evening. 

The actor was put on ventilation support at 3pm on Monday. Soumitra's oxygen support is less than 40 percent, reported by The Indian Express. 

The actor's kidneys, which were functioning without support till Monday, now appear to have been impacted and his urea and creatinine levels have gone up.

The 85-year-old thespian was put on ventilator support with an endotracheal intubation to protect his airways, the doctor said.

Three hours after the invasive procedure, doctors said Chatterjee's condition seemed stable. But in an 8 pm bulletin on Monday, doctors reported kidney trouble for the first time in the actor's 21-day-stay at the hospital where he was admitted with Covid-19 on October 6.

"He is not that well. His condition has definitely deteriorated," Dr Arindam Kar of Belle Vue Clinic said. He is leading the team taking care of Mr Soumitra Chatterjee.

Among other complications is a patch in the lungs' exterior, which may indicate the onset of fresh pneumonia.

Chatterjee was admitted to Belle Vue Clinic on October 6, a day after he tested positive for Covid-19. Three days later, he was moved to the intensive care unit after developing Covid-19 encephalopathy, which rendered him barely conscious.