Former Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was released from a private hospital in Calcutta on Tuesday after being admitted there with acute respiratory problems on December 9.
Bhattacharjee, 76, will remain in supervised homecare at his residence with non-invasive ventilation support and physiotherapy. His mobility will also be restricted.
The CPM veteran had been put on mechanical ventilator support at the hospital’s critical care unit after his chronic respiratory problems had got aggravated. Over the past few days, his health parameters improved — while he kept insisting on going home — allowing the medical team supervising his treatment to decide on his release.
“Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is being discharged from hospital with acceptable clinical parameters. He is given homecare advice and all other relevant advice on nutrition, medication, nebulisation, BiPAP, physiotherapy. Hospital team of doctors and nurses accompanied him during the journey,” read a statement from the hospital.
“He is made comfortable at his home as much as possible. We wish him an uneventful stay and recovery. He and his family have expressed their happiness on medical services and thanked the doctors and hospital team for the support extended,” it added.
A senior hospital official said a makeshift intensive care unit was set up at Bhattacharjee’s Palm Avenue residence, where a critical care expert and a medicine specialist would monitor his health. The official said Bhattacharjee completed his course of antibiotics on Monday.
Other supportive medicines are still on.
The former member of the CPM politburo had been the chief minister between 2000 and 2011. He was the Jadavpur MLA from 24 years till 2011.