Mumbai: Updating on Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar’s health, Dr Pratit Samdani said that she is being treated and is under aggressive therapy. Lata Mangeshkar has been admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. Earlier in January she was suffering from covid and was also being treated for pneumonia as well. She was on ventilator. She is still in ICU.
She recovered from COVID-19 and pneumonia in late January. Dr. Pratit Samdani from Breach Candy Hospital, who has been treating the singer, told ANI that the singer is “currently in the ICU and has once again been put on ventilator support, due to her worsened condition, for which she will remain under observation.”
Dr. Pratit Samdani added, “She is under aggressive therapy. We are continuously observing her. She continues to be in ICU, she is under serious observation. Her treatment is going on in Breach Candy hospital.”
Lata Mangeshkar’s musical gems need no introduction. She has sung in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and other regional languages. She has been honoured with the Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Dadasaheb Phalke Award as well as several National and Filmfare Awards. Lata Mangeshkar’s last complete album was for 2004 Bollywood release Veer-Zaara.
Lata Mangeshkar, who is popularly known as the ‘Nightingale of India,’ began singing to support her family after the death of her father Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar 1942. He was a classical singer and theatre actor. In Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar got her first major break with the song Dil Mera Toda from the 1948 film Majboor. However, her song Aayega Aanewaala from the movie Mahal (1949) became her first major hit.
Lata Mangeshkar’s team has actively been sharing updates about her health, in order to avoid any rumours.
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