Mumbai: BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan continues to be in critical condition four days after his brother shot him inside his 15th floor Worli residence in Mumbai.
Doctors attending to him said that Mahajan is receiving supportive care, but added that his damaged organs — liver, pancreas and kidneys — would have to recover on their own.
''There is not much we can do. We can only give supportive care. The organs have to recover on their own,'' Dr Nilesh Doctor, a liver and pancreatic surgeon, was quoted as saying.
A medical bulletin on Wednesday morning said that Mahajan is still on ventilator support, his blood pressure is low and his kidneys are functioning poorly.
Doctors have warned that there is a possibility of infection setting in because of open wounds and massive blood loss.
Doctors say the next surgery will have to target these organs, but only if Mahajan shows some stability in his vital signs like blood pressure and breathing.
''His multiple organs have failed because of acute trauma, and now there is renal failure. His kidneys can start working in two-four weeks," said kidney transplant surgeon Dr Rushi Deshpande.
"But that is only if other things are better, like no bleeding, stable blood pressure and also he must breathe without the help of a machine,'' he cautioned.
Right now, Mahajan's kidneys are being supported by 24-hour dialysis. He is breathing with the help of ventilators and his dipping blood pressure has been propped up by medicines.
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