Bollywood
actor
Deepika
Padukone's
father
and
former
badminton
champion
Prakash
Padukone
has
been
admitted
to
the
hospital
after
testing
positive
for
COVID-19.
His
wife
Ujjala
Padukone
and
younger
daughter
Anisha
Padukone
have
also
tested
positive
for
the
virus.
It
has
been
reported
that
Prakash
Padukone
is
expected
to
get
discharged
from
the
hospital
later
this
week.
Prakash
Padukone's
close
friend
Vimal
Kumar
revealed
to
PTI
stating,
"Around
10
days
back,
Prakash,
his
wife
(Ujjala)
and
second
daughter
(Anisha),
they
developed
symptoms
and
got
themselves
tested
and
the
results
came
out
to
be
positive.
They
got
themselves
isolated
but
after
a
week
Prakash's
fever
didn't
come
down,
so
last
Saturday,
he
was
admitted
to
a
hospital
here
in
Bengaluru.
He
is
okay
now.
All
his
parameters
are
fine,
his
wife
and
daughter
are
at
home
and
he
too
will
be
hopefully
discharged
in
2-3
days."
However,
there
is
no
official
statement
by
Deepika
on
her
father's
health
yet.
For
the
unversed,
Prakash
Padukone
is
a
legendary
figure
in
the
field
of
badminton.
He
is
also
the
first
Indian
to
win
men's
singles
title
at
the
All
England
Open
Badminton
Championships
in
the
year
1980.
He
is
also
a
recipient
of
the
Arjuna
Award
(1972)
and
the
Padma
Shri
(1982).