The
condition
of
veteran
Malayalam
film
actor,
Jagathy
Sreekumar,
who
is
undergoing
treatment
in
Malabar
Institute
of
Medical
Sciences,
Calicut
after
he
met
with
an
accident
last
week,
was
satisfactory,
doctors
attending
on
him
said.
A
medical
bulletin
issued
by
the
MIMS
said
the
actor's
"general
condition" was
satisfactory.
As
a
part
of
the
process
of
removing
him
from
ventilator
permanently,
he
was
removed
from
ventilator
support
for
a
long
time
yesterday
and
was
breathing
on
his
own,
but
it
was
reconnected
so
as
not
to
get
him
tired.
The
process
will
continue
today
also.
A
tracheotomy
procedure
was
done
this
morning
"to
avoid
uneasiness
(to
him)
by
connecting
and
disconnecting
ventilator
tubes
in
his
mouth,"
it
said.
"There
is
improvement
in
the
level
of
consciousness
and
recovery
is
likely
to
take
some
more
time."
The
61-year-old
actor,
who
was
on
his
way
to
Kodagu
in
Karnataka
to
shoot
for
a
Malayalam
film
Idavappathy,
was
seriously
injured
when
his
car
rammed
into
a
road
median
at
nearby
Tenhipalam
on
March
10.
Oscar-winning
sound
recordist
Resul
Pookutty
was
among
the
film
personalities
who
visited
Sreekumar
recently.