Comedian Raju Srivastava On Ventilator As His Condition Remains Critical After Angioplasty

Comedian-actor Raju Srivastava suffered a heart attack on Wednesday and was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi.?

According to reports, the comedian-turned-politician has undergone angioplasty (a procedure to widen blocked or narrowed coronary arteries) and is currently on ventilator support.?

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"Comedian Raju Srivastava is on ventilator at AIIMS Delhi, he is responding to clinical treatment," news agency ANI quoted its sources saying.

Reports suggest that Raju was in the coronary care unit (CCU) at AIIMS. "Srivastava had to be resuscitated thrice. He was rushed to catheterisation lab and underwent angioplasty. He has been admitted to the coronary care unit (CCU)," a source was quoted as saying by PTI.?

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Elaborating on the comedian's health condition, sources told India Today that "Raju Srivastava's angiography showed a 100 percent blockage in a major vessel."?

The stand-up comedian's brother Ashish Srivastava confirmed that Raju Srivastava had a mild heart attack while working out at a gym. Raju complained of chest pain when he was running on a treadmill at the gym, as per ANI report.?

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The 58-year-old comedian-actor?fell unconscious at the gym and?was rushed to the hospital at the national capital at around 10.45 A.M.As his condition remains critical, the comedian-actor will be kept under observation for a few days before being officially discharged from the hospital.

Recently, the entertainment industry has lost many talented artists, who died after suffering heart attacks. TV's popular star Sidharth Shukla and Bollywood's versatile singer KK, both died of heart attack.?

Like Raju,?Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar too suffered a heart attack while working out in gym last year in?October. However, he was not as lucky as Raju. The actor passed away leaving his fans, friends and family shocked with his untimely demise.??

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