Celebrated screenwriter Salim Khan was hospitalized on Tuesday, February 17, after his health deteriorated. He was rushed to the hospital on the advice of his family doctor. As per earlier reports, the writer was put on a ventilator after his blood pressure shot up. The doctors have now shared his health update and confirmed that he suffered a brain haemorrhage, which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard, and is stable.

Salim Khan undergoes angiography

Speaking to the media outside the hospital on Wednesday afternoon, the doctor said, “He was having jerks, and his blood pressure was high. We treated him. We had to put him on a ventilator so that he does not worsen. It wasn’t because he was critical. We did the investigations that were required. Today, we have done a small procedure on him; I will not go into the details.”