Chennai:Veteran playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam being treated for COVID-19 is able to recognise people around him and is breathing a little more comfortably than before, his son and filmmaker S. P. Charan said on Sunday.
Posting an update on his father's health condition on his Facebook page, he said Balasubrahmanyam has been shifted to a sixth-floor facility from the third floor Intensive Care Unit of MGM Healthcare here.
"The pleasant news is... he showed the thumbs-up sign to the doctors, he is able to recognise doctors, people (around)... he is still on life support. He is breathing a little more comfortably than a few days back," he said.
Doctors treating him find it as a very good sign towards getting better, he said.
"There is a lot of effort from the medical team. It will take a long time for recovery. But we are all hopeful. This (recovery) is not going to happen in one or two days or even a week maybe. But surely he is definitely going to heal, recover and get back to us as early as possible," Charan said, adding he and the doctors were all happy about the improvement.
The singer is looking good and not fully sedated now and he would not talk for a little while, Charan said.
However, surely he would get to "that level soon" enough, the veteran singer's son said.