'Banerjee maintaining stable parameters post ventilation'

Legendary Indian footballer P.K. Banerjee is maintaining stable parameters post ventilation and is under close supervision of a panel of specialists, a statement from the hospital said on Wednesday.

The 83-year-old was put on life support on Monday after suffering from respiratory problems due to pneumonia, with an underlying history of Parkinson's disease, dementia and heart trouble.

"He is maintaining stable parameters post ventilation and is under close supervision of our panel of specialists comprising of Intensivist & Internal Medicine Specialist Dr Tanmay Banerjee, Pulmonologist Dr Nandini Biswas and he is also being supervised by a team of the Institute of Neurosciences under the care of Dr L N Tripathy and Dr Sunandan Basu and Dr Prof Kalyan Brata Bhattacharyya. Dr Kunal Sarkar and Dr Rabin Chakraborty are also supervising the case closely on request of the family.

"Today afternoon team of the treating consultants briefed the family members and updated them with complete progress and status of the patient," a medical bulletin from the Medica Superspecialty Hospital stated.

Banerjee was admitted on February 6 with complaints of a severe chest infection.

Banerjee, an Olympian, has represented India at the quadrennial event twice, in the 1956 Melbourne and the 1960 Rome editions.

Banerjee also had a gold medal from the 1962 Asian Games to his name.

In coaching, he managed the Indian national team, even leading them in the Munich Olympics in 1972. He's also managed East Bengal and Mohun Bagan.IANS