Actor Shashi Kapoor hospitalised

September 22, 2014 10:30

Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Mumbai for chest infection, doctors attending on him said today.

The 76-year-old actor was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital last evening after he complained of acute cough and breathlessness, Dr Ram Narain, executive director of the Hospital, said.

"He has been diagnosed with a chest infection. Although he is in the ICU for now, he is stable. We are administering him with antibiotics," Dr Narain told PTI.

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