Lata Mangeshkar Responding Well To Treatment: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar is currently showing positive signs of improvement in her treatment against COVID-19 and pneumonia. 

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New Delhi: Being admitted for almost over a month in Mumbai's Breach Candy hospital, legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar is currently showing positive signs of improvement in her treatment against COVID-19 and pneumonia. 

Giving a health update about the megastar, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope informed,"I spoke to Dr. Pratit Samdani who is treating singer Lata Mangeshkar. She is recovering, was on a ventilator for some days, but is better now. She is no more on ventilator. Only oxygen is being given to her. She is responding to the treatment."

The veteran singer was admitted on January 8, after she was diagnosed with Covid-19 and pneumonia. 

Dr. Pratit Samdani, who is treating her, said that her ventilator support was removed two days ago, as there was an improvement in her health., though she will continue to be under medical observation in ICU. 

The singer's team has been regularly sharing her health updates in order to dismiss any rumours. 

Hailed as one of Indian cinema's iconic singers, Mangeshkar received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in the year 2001.

In a career spanning over seven decades, the legendary singer proudly known as the ‘Nightingale of India’ has more than 30,000 songs to her credit, in different Indian
languages. Beginning her career in 1942 at the tender age of 13, she has made a mark for herself through her melodious voice.

Several of her songs including ‘Lag Jaa Gale’, ‘Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya’ and ‘Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha’ among others became chartbusters. She has also lent her
melodious voice to the songs of Yash Raj’s ‘Veer Zaara’.