Embattled Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Dhananjay Munde on Thursday said he has been diagnosed with Bell's Palsy, a condition that causes sudden weakness in face muscles, which had severely affected his ability to speak.
The fungus, also called `black fungus', is present in the environment, but those with suppressed immunity or co-morbidities are more vulnerable to its infection, he said.
"The next 48 hours will be critical for her," J J Hospital Dean Dr T P Lahane told reporters on Saturday when asked if she is out of danger.
According to hospital sources, Indrani's counsel Gunjan Mangla met JJ Hospital Dean Dr TP Lahane, who apprised her about the condition of 43-year-old Indrani.
Washim's civil surgeon and the doctor who performed the surgeries have been suspended.
A woman social worker has slapped a legal notice on the dean of JJ Hospital in Mumbai for allegedly "throwing out" a mentally-challenged youth from the hospital last year without completing his medical treatment for severe leg injury.
Media magnate Indrani Mukherjea, prime accused in the sensational murder case of her daughter Sheena Bora, on Sunday regained consciousness and is "out of danger", hospital authorities said.
Mukerjea regained consciousness on Sunday and was "out of danger" as she responded to the treatment.
Nearly 65 people out of the total 120, who were admitted in various hospitals after inhaling chlorine gas which leaked from a cylinder near the Bombay Port Trust, have been discharged. The police had on Wednesday night filed an FIR against unidentified persons in connection with the gas leak under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Environment Protection Act.At least 120 people were admitted in King Edward Memorial hospital, JJ, Bombay Port Trust Hospital.
Indrani is the prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena and the case is being investigated by the CBI at present.
Veteran Communist Party of India leader Govind Pansare, who was shot at earlier this week, died at a hospital in Mumbai late Friday night after he was airlifted for treatment to the city this evening from Kolhapur. He was 82.
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Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, accompanied by Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Ambani, participated in a Swachhata Abhiyan (cleanliness drive) in the front yard of Sir JJ Group of Hospitals in Mumbai on Saturday.
On Tuesday, after spending five days in Mumbai's JJ Hospital, she was discharged and shifted back to Byculla prison.
A post-mortem examination was conducted on Saturday on the body of veteran communist leader Govind Pansare, who died in Mumbai after he was airlifted to the city from Kolhapur for treatment.
Nepal has been hit by heavy rainfall since Thursday. More than 25 districts and 10,385 households have been affected.
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Around 14 people injured in the collapse are undergoing treatment.
Sheena Bora's brother Mikhail, who arrived in Mumbai from Guwahati, on Friday said he will cooperate with police in the probe of his sister's murder as more details of the murky case and cover-up bid are expected to emerge later in the day.
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