<p>The condition of veteran Malayalam film actor, Jagathy Sreekumar, who is undergoing treatment in a private hospital here after he met with an accident last week, was satisfactory, doctors attending on him said.<br /><br />A medical bulletin issued by the Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences said the actor's "general condition" was satisfactory.<br /><br />As a part of the process of removing him from ventilator permanently, he was removed from ventilator support for a long time yesterday and was breathing on his own but it was reconnected so as not to get him tired. The process will continue today also, it said.<br /><br />A tracheotomy procedure was done this morning "to avoid uneasiness (to him) by connecting and disconnectng ventilator tubes in his mouth," it said.<br /><br />"There is improvement in the level of consciousness and recovery is likely to take some more time."<br />The 61-year-old actor, who was on his way to Kodagu in Karnataka to shoot for a Malayalam film 'Idavappathy', was seriously injured when his car rammed into a road median at nearby Tenhipalam on March 10.<br /><br />Oscar-winning sound recordist Resul Pookutty was among the film personalities who visited Sreekumar today.</p>
<p>The condition of veteran Malayalam film actor, Jagathy Sreekumar, who is undergoing treatment in a private hospital here after he met with an accident last week, was satisfactory, doctors attending on him said.<br /><br />A medical bulletin issued by the Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences said the actor's "general condition" was satisfactory.<br /><br />As a part of the process of removing him from ventilator permanently, he was removed from ventilator support for a long time yesterday and was breathing on his own but it was reconnected so as not to get him tired. The process will continue today also, it said.<br /><br />A tracheotomy procedure was done this morning "to avoid uneasiness (to him) by connecting and disconnectng ventilator tubes in his mouth," it said.<br /><br />"There is improvement in the level of consciousness and recovery is likely to take some more time."<br />The 61-year-old actor, who was on his way to Kodagu in Karnataka to shoot for a Malayalam film 'Idavappathy', was seriously injured when his car rammed into a road median at nearby Tenhipalam on March 10.<br /><br />Oscar-winning sound recordist Resul Pookutty was among the film personalities who visited Sreekumar today.</p>