New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday spoke to actress Jaya Bachchan, wife of ailing Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, and enquired about his condition.
Singh also wished Amitabh, who is undergoing treatment at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, a speedy recovery, sources said.
Amitabh Bachchan had to be hospitalised on his 66th birthday following complaints of abdominal pain.
The hospital, in a press statement released on Sunday, said that Bachchan was recuperating and would most likely be discharged soon.
“Mr Amitabh Bachchan had a restful night at Lilavati Hospital. The doctors attending on him are pleased with his recovery. The tests do not suggest any abnormality. Under the circumstances, medicines have worked. Within a few days he should go home,” the press statement said.
Bachchan is suspected to be suffering from incisional hernia, a recurring problem that has been troubling him since the near-fatal accident on the sets of Coolie in 1982.
He had undergone surgery after the accident following which he suffered from myasthenia gravis, an ailment of muscle weakness.
Bachchan also underwent a surgery on November 30, 2005 for abdominal infection Diverticulitis.
The superstar, who had been shooting for Leena Yadav's Teen Patti till Friday, has a number of film projects worth around Rs 100 crore riding on him.(With PTI inputs)
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