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.
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"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:
Hema Malini also tweeted about the actor's health:
The Bollywood legend celebrated his 81st birthday early this month.
PTI