Jyoti Basu has mild fever, still critical
January 12th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu, battling pneumonia in a city hospital, had mild fever and continued to be in a critical condition Tuesday, a medical bulletin said.
Basu, 95, would be given one unit of blood to improve his haemoglobin count.
The eight-member medical board treating the former West Bengal chief minister has also decided to do a CT scan to get a clearer picture of his general condition, said an AMRI hospital medical bulletin.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) veteran is on ventilator support. He was hospitalised Jan 1.
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- Jyoti Basu's condition deteriorates (Roundup) - Jan 09, 2010
- Jyoti Basu still critical, infection marginally down (Lead) - Jan 13, 2010
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- Jyoti Basu slightly better but critical, responding to calls (Lead) - Jan 10, 2010
- Jyoti Basu critical, on ventilator (Second lead) - Jan 06, 2010
- No significant improvement in Basu's condition (Roundup) - Jan 08, 2010
- Jyoti Basu - his last days in hospital - Jan 17, 2010
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