MT Vasudevan Nair hospitalised, in critical condition

Kozhikode: Malayalam author, screenwriter and lyricist MT Vasudevan Nair is in critical condition, hospital authorities said in a medical bulletin on Friday. The 91-year-old writer has been undergoing treatment at Baby Memorial Hospital in Kozhikode for the past five days.

A team of expert doctors have kept him under observation at the Intensive Care Unit. The writer, who was admitted to the hospital following breathing difficulties, suffered heart-related complications. 

Another medical bulletin will be issued by the hospital shortly. His family members have arrived at the hospital. Writer and critic MN Karassery reached the private hospital to meet his friend.

 "Though MT is conscious, he is unable to speak or move. His wife, daughter Aswathi and her family are here. His elder daughter Sitara and family had visited him 10 days back," Karassery told media at the hospital.

Minister AK Saseendran also reached the hospital and held talks with the writer's family members. He told the media that the family expressed hope on the medical care provided to MT at the hospital.