Raju Srivastava continues to be on ventilator and is recovering slowly, says his brother Dipoo Srivastava

More than a month after he was admitted to hospital following a heart attack, popular comedian-actor Raju Srivastava continues to be on ventilator, his brother Dipoo Srivastava said on Friday

More than a month after he was admitted to hospital following a heart attack, popular actor-comedian Raju Srivastava continues to be on ventilator, his brother Dipoo Srivastava said on Friday. The family wishes to carry on with Srivastava's treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where he was hospitalized on August 10. He underwent an angioplasty the same day. Dipoo Srivastava, also an actor-comedian, said his elder brother is recovering slowly but continues to be unconscious.

"The recovery is slow. He will be fine soon. He is stable and on a ventilator. He is still unconscious. It's been 35 days, but doctors are saying they are doing their best. We need all your prayers," Dipoo told PTI. When asked if the family was planning to shift Raju to any other hospital in Mumbai (where he resides), Dipoo said there were no such plans. "He will be treated at AIIMS and we will take him home after he has recovered. We have faith in the doctors," he added.

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Srivastava, who has been in the entertainment industry since the 1980s, shot to fame after participating in the first season of the reality stand-up comedy show "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge" in 2005. Raju has also appeared in supporting roles in Hindi films such as ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, ‘Baazigar’, the remake of ‘Bombay to Goa’ and ‘Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiya’. He is also the chairman of the Film Development Council Uttar Pradesh.

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