Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee shifted to intensive care as COVID symptoms worsen

Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kolkata after testing positive for COVID, has been shifted to intensive care after his health condition worsened. Chatterjee was at an "acute confusional stage" following which the neurologist advised him to be shifted to the ITU.

Kolkata: Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been shifted to intensive care in a private hospital where he is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 after his health condition worsened, a senior doctor at the facility said on late Friday night.

The 85-year-old actor was at an "acute confusional stage" following which the neurologist advised him to be shifted to the ITU, he said.

"Mr Chatterjee has been shifted to the ITU after he has been experiencing restlessness and reached an acute confusional stage. We have shifted him to the ITU for close monitoring. He is having several co-morbidities, that's why we need to be more careful," the doctor said.

Chatterjee was hospitalised on Tuesday after he tested positive for COVID-19.

He was then admitted to a hospital in Kolkata.

Chatterjee is famous for portraying ace detective Feluda based on Ray's Feluda series. His other cinematic milestones include Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), Aparajito (The Unvanquished), Charulata (The Lonely Wife), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in a Forest) and Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder).

Chatterjee, whose acting career spans over six decades, has acted in 14 of master director Satyajit Ray films.

PTI