Veteran actor Dilip Kumar will be discharged from Mumbai's PD Hinduja Hospital today. Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to the PD Hinduja Hospital in Khar, Mumbai on Sunday, following breathing issues, was later diagnosed with bilateral pleural effusion and has since been in the ICU ward, though not on the ventilator. The megastar's spokesperson on Wednesday shared a health update on his official Twitter account, saying 'a successful pleural aspiration procedure' was performed on the ailing patient.

"Thank you for your prayers. A successful pleural aspiration procedure was performed on Dilip Saab. I personally spoke to Dr Jalil Parkar and Dr Nitin Gokhale. They are optimistic that he will be discharged tomm (Thursday).- FF, [sic]" the tweet read.