Lata Mangeshkar is no longer on a ventilator and recovering, said Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Sunday. “I spoke with Dr Pratit Samdani, who is treating singer Lata Mangeshkar.
She is recovering. She was on a ventilator for some days but is better now. She is no more on ventilator. Only oxygen is being given to her.
She is responding to the treatment," Tope was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. The 92-year-old singer tested positive for coronavirus with mild symptoms and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai on 8 January where she is being treated by Samdani and his team of doctors.
Samdani had stated on Saturday that Mangeshkar has been put off ventilator but is still in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). According to him, Mangeshkar has shown signs of marginal improvement. “She has been off the ventilator for two-and-half days but continues to be under observation.