Malayalam
film
actor
Jagathy
Sreekumar
is
out
of
danger
and
progressing
well
after
three
operations
to
fix
fractures
on
his
hand,
leg
and
hip
following
the
March
10
accident.
Speaking
to
reporters,
Dr
Abdullah
Cherakkat,
Managing
Director
at
the
Malabar
Institute
of
Medical
Sciences
Hospital,
Calicut
said,
“The
operations
to
fix
fractures
on
the
right
hip,
right
thigh
and
right
forearm
were
completed
successfully
by
6
PM
yesterday
after
a
seven-hour
long
operation.
He
further
told
media
persons
that
Jagathy
Sreekumar
was
responding
well
to
treatment
and
ventilator
support
might
be
removed
this
evening.
The
car
driver,
who
was
also
injured
has
been
shifted
to
a
room
after
his
condition
improved,
he
said.
Jagathy,
who
was
on
his
way
to
Kodagu
in
Karnataka
to
shoot
for
the
Malayalam
film
Idavappathy
was
seriously
injured
when
his
car
slammed
into
a
road
median
at
nearby
Tenhipalam
last
Saturday
and
overturned.
Sreekumar's
son-in-law
Shaon
said
the
family
is
grateful
to
the
hospital
and
thousands
of
people
who
had
prayed
for
the
early
recovery
of
the
veteran
actor.
Jagathy
Sreekumar
has
acted
in
over
1,100
films.
Association
of
Malayalam
Movie
Artists
President
Innocent
and
actor
Vijayaraghavan
were
among
those
visited
Sreekumar
at
the
hospital
yesterday.