Naseeruddin Shah Admitted to Hospital for Pneumonia
Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai after being diagnosed with pneumonia. Shah is “responding well” to treatment, his manager said. Shah has been under medical supervision for two days in Mumbai’s Hinduja hospital. “There was a patch found in his lungs and it became necessary for him to be hospitalised immediately.
Shah’s family including his wife Ratna Pathak Shah and children are by his side. Last year, reports came up about Naseeruddin Shah’s deteriorating health on social media as the industry was coming to terms with the deaths of Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor. However, the actor had rubbished reports of his hospitalisation, saying that he was “fine” and at home observing the nationwide lockdown.