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Lata Mangeshkar to remain in ICU due to Covid-19, doctor says ‘pray for her’

“Lata ji will remain under the supervision of the doctor for a few more days, it is difficult to say how many days it will last”

New Delhi: Giving a health update regarding legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, her doctor on Sunday shared that the megastar will still remain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), under the supervision of doctors for a few more days.

The Bharat Ratna recipient was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai last week and her treatment is still going on. The 92-year-old star is suffering from corona as well as pneumonia. Dr Pratit Samdani who is treating the veteran singer said that “Lata ji is still in the ICU, she still that is why she is kept under the supervision of the doctor in the ICU.”

“Lata ji will remain under the supervision of the doctor for a few more days, it is difficult to say how many days it will last. No one is allowed to meet.”

The doctor also said that there is a need for people to pray for her recovery.

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The singer had been hospitalised in 2019 as well for a serious lung ailment and pneumonia.

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar was recently admitted to a Mumbai hospital after she was diagnosed with COVID-19.

The veteran singer was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital on Monday. ‘Didi’ is admitted to ICU after she was diagnosed with COVID-19.

Dr Pratik Samdani had earlier said that there is nothing serious but she needs to be kept in ICU for precautionary reasons seeing her age.

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Fondly called ‘Nightingale of India’, the legendary singer has recorded songs in over a thousand Hindi films and has sung many tracks in several Indian languages and foreign languages.

Her iconic songs include ‘Lag Jaa Gale’, ‘Yeh Galiyan Yeh Chaubara’, ‘Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya’, ‘Bahon Mein Chale Aao’, ‘Tere Liye’ from ‘Veer Zara’ and many more.