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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : December 8, 2014 3:38 PM IST
Veteran actor Dilip Kumar was Saturday night rushed to Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre. He was diagnosed with pneumonia. According to close family friend Udaya Tara Nayar, the actor is responding well to the treatment and is not in the ICU. He was earlier under observation for routine check-ups, but is now recovering speedily. (Read: Veteran actor Dilip Kumar hospitalised, but stable)
In a statement to IANS, Nayar said 'He is fine right now and he is on antibiotics. He was diagnosed with pneumonia but he has been responding to the treatment very well. He is in the normal ward and not in the ICU. He also had his breakfast and is recovering.' (Read: 9 symptoms of pneumonia you should know about)
Recently, rumours about the 91-year old actor's ill health spread like fire all over Twitter. It was only when Amitabh Bachchan cleared speculations about his ill health by tweeting 'Some baseless rumours about Yusuf Sahab -Dilip Kumar, being ill...Saira ji just informed me he is perfectly fine!' that the rumours stopped spreading. Later Dilip Saahab himself notified his fans on Twitter that he is absolutely fine. (Read: Dilip Kumar back on Twitter after rumours about ill-health)
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