Veteran actor Dharmendra rushed to Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital, doing fine now!

Mumbai: Veteran actor Dharmendra has been admitted to a hospital here as he was suffering from gastro infection and is on recovery path now. The actor was admitted to Nanavati Hospital last afternoon and was put on antibiotic treatment after he suffered gastroenteritis, an intestinal infection marked by diarrhoea, cramps, nausea, vomiting and fever, doctors said. IN PICS: Veteran Actor Dilip Kumar returns home after getting discharged from the hospital "He is responding to the treatment well. He is recovering now and doing much better. We will observe him tomorrow and he might be discharged either by tomorrow evening or the day after," Dr Vishesh Agrawal of Nanavati Hospital told PTI. Dharmendra's eldest son and Bollywood actor Sunny Deol also took to Twitter to update his father's condition:

Thnx a lot for your concern about my father's health.He was down with food poisoning and is recovering fast.Please don't speculate about it

— Sunny Deol (@IAMSUNNYDEOL) December 20, 2016

Hema Malini also tweeted about the actor's health:

Just to reassure everyone concerned abt Dharamji in hospital - he is recovering well & is likely to be discharged soon. Thank u all — Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) December 20, 2016

The Bollywood legend celebrated his 81st birthday early this month. PTI