Veteran
journalist
Vinod
Dua,
who
was
hospitalised
due
to
COVID
earlier
this
year,
is
in
the
ICU.
His
daughter,
actress-comic
Mallika
Dua
said
his
condition
is
'beyond
critical'.
The
actress
has
been
updating
about
his
health
on
her
Instagram
stories
and
requested
people
not
to
spread
rumours
about
her
father's
demise.
She
wrote,
"My
Papaji
is
beyond
critical
in
the
ICU.
His
health
had
been
deteriorating
rapidly
since
April.
He
also
is
unable
to
come
to
terms
with
losing
the
light
of
his
life.
He
has
lived
an
extraordinary
life
and
given
us
the
same.
He
deserves
no
pain.
He
is
immensely
loved
and
revered
and
I
request
you
all
to
pray
that
he
experiences
as
little
pain
as
possible."
She
further
wrote,
"Request
everyone
to
not
spread
rumours
about
my
father's
demise.
He
is
in
the
ICU,
fighting
still.
Whatever
be
the
outcome.
Let
him
have
his
dignity.
Do
not
believe/spread
misinformation,
please.
I
will
issue
all
official
news
and
updates
on
him.
Not
Twitter."
The
latest
she
revealed
is
that
he
has
been
shifted
to
another
hospital
and
remains
to
be
extremely
critical
and
fragile.
She
wrote,
"Upon
advice
of
doctors.
He
was
moved
to
the
Apollo
Hospital
ICU
last
night
where
he
can
be
cared
for
better.
He
remains
extremely
critical
and
fragile.
He
has
been
a
fighter
his
entire
life.
Uncompromising
and
relentless.
His
family
is
the
same
when
it
comes
to
him.
Mama
would
not
have
given
up
on
him
or
watch
him
give
up
on
himself.
She
will
guide
us
to
do
what's
best
for
him.
My
sister
and
I
are
okay.
We
were
raised
by
the
strongest."
She
added
that
she
will
post
the
next
update
on
his
status
after
she
speaks
to
the
doctors
after
morning
rounds.
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The
journalist
and
his
wife,
radiologist
Padmavati
'Chinna'
Dua,
were
in
a
hospital
in
Gurgaon
when
the
second
wave
of
COVID-19
was
at
its
peak.
He
lost
his
wife
in
June
after
a
prolonged
battle
with
COVID.
The
veteran
journalist's
health
has
suffered
ever
since
and
he
has
been
in
and
out
of
hospitals.