Panaji: TV actress-turned director and producer Gehana Vasisth aka Vandana Tiwari has been put on CPB PUMP as her lungs have failed, her spokesperson Flynn Remedios said.
Mr Remedios said, according to the latest update by Dr Pranav Kabra, Diabetologist and Cardiac Intensivist, Gehana Vasisth's condition is very serious.
CPB pump is a cardiopulmonary bypass technique where a machine also known as heart lung machine takes on the functions of vital organs.
Gehana’s condition had improved on Monday morning, but unfortunately her vital parameters completely went for a toss in the afternoon, Dr Kabra said.
Less than a week after she was released from the Byculla Jail, Gehana suffered a massive heart attack and was admitted to a private hospital in the western suburbs of Mumbai on Saturday.
Even while she was in the women’s jail, she had suffered a stroke and was rushed to the Sir J J Hospital by the jail authorities. This is the third time this year that she has been admitted to hospital for diabetes ketoacidosis-related problems.
Remedios said, “I have not seen her yet. I am yet to visit her in the hospital. I got the news through someone from her building that she was hospitalized. I am told she is unconscious and not able to communicate with anyone. I will go to visit her at the hospital and update you,” Remedios told UNI.
Last year too, she was admitted to a hospital in suburban Mumbai where she was put on ventilator for three days.
“Due to various complications in her vitals and body, the differential diagnosis was concluded as diabetic keto-acidosis (DK), which had reached a very advanced stage in Gehana’s system. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a serious complication of diabetes that occurs when your body produces high levels of blood acids called ketones,” Dr Pranav Kabra, MD, Raksha Multispeciality Hospital in Mumbai’s Malad West area, where Gehana was rushed to had clarified last year. (UNI)
