Kozhikode: Malayalam film actor JagathySreekumar is recovering well after three operations to fixfractures on his hand, leg and hip following the March 10accident, doctors attending on him said.
"The operations to fix fractures on the right hip, rightthigh and right foream were completed successfully by 6 PMyesterday after a seven-hour long operation," Dr AbdullahCherakkat, Managing Director, Malabar Institute of MedicalSciences (MIMS) hospital, told mediapersons here today.
He said Sreekumar was responding well to treatment andventilator support might be removed this evening.
The car driver, who was also injured in the accident, hasbeen shifted to a room after his condition improved, he said.
Sreekumar, who was on his way to Kodagu in Karnataka toshoot a Malayalam film Idavappathy was seriously injuredwhen his car slammed into a road median at nearby Tenhipalamlast Saturday and overturned.
Sreekumar's son-in-law Shaon said the family is gratefulto the hospital and thousands of people who had prayed for theearly recovery of the veteran actor, who has acted in over1100 films.
Innocent, President of Association of Malayalam MovieArtists and actor Vijayaraghavan were among those visitedSreekumar at the hospital yesterday.
"The operations to fix fractures on the right hip, rightthigh and right foream were completed successfully by 6 PMyesterday after a seven-hour long operation," Dr AbdullahCherakkat, Managing Director, Malabar Institute of MedicalSciences (MIMS) hospital, told mediapersons here today.
He said Sreekumar was responding well to treatment andventilator support might be removed this evening.
Sreekumar, who was on his way to Kodagu in Karnataka toshoot a Malayalam film Idavappathy was seriously injuredwhen his car slammed into a road median at nearby Tenhipalamlast Saturday and overturned.
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Innocent, President of Association of Malayalam MovieArtists and actor Vijayaraghavan were among those visitedSreekumar at the hospital yesterday.
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