Mahajan BP medicine dose up

Mumbai, April 28: Senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan continues to be on ventilator and dialysis support and his condition remains "critical but stable", doctors said on Friday morning. "There has been no change in Mahajan’s condition and he continues to be on ventilator and dialysis in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital," said doctors at Hinduja Hospital.

Mr Mahajan also underwent a CT scan on Friday to assess the internal injuries even as the blood pressure medication and ventilation support being administered to him went up marginally.

"A CT scan was done to assess the injury to Mahajan and also to assess any collection in his body. The CT scan showed that the injuries are same as were assessed during surgery and managed. One bullet was located in the muscle of the back (left paraspinal muscle L2), one in the subtutaneous tissue of the back and the third bullet in the body of T12 vertrebra but it has not crossed to spinal canal," said Dr Anupam Verma, director of administration at Hinduja Hospital.

Dr Verma added, "Over the night his requirement of blood pressure support drugs and ventilation has marginally gone up. The remaining treatment continues to be the same. He is still critical."

Asked whether the bullets lodged in Mr Mahajan’s body were affecting the spine, Dr Verma said the bullets did not have any adverse effect on the body and were not of immediate concern. The other injuries of the liver and pancreas correlate to the earlier noted findings of the operation, he said, adding there is fluid in the left side of the chest which is being drained by an intercostal drain being put by Dr G.B. Davar and his team.

Mr Mahajan’s son Rahul said his family had no plans to shift his father from Hinduja Hospital.