Manna Dey’s condition stable, responding to treatment: Hospital

Bengaluru: The condition of legendary singer Manna Dey remained stable on Tuesday and he was responding to treatment at a private hospital, doctors said.

“Mannada is quite stable. He is responding to the treatment. No deterioration in his condition since Monday,” Narayana Health hospital spokesman K.S. Vasuki said.

The 94-year-old multilingual playback singer, however, is still in the intensive care unit on a life-support system.

Day was admitted to hospital on Saturday when he complained of breathlessness due to a chest infection.

“Dey is being looked after well. His elder daughter Rama and son-in-law Gyan are attending to him,” said a family friend.

“Dey’s younger daughter [Sumita] lives in the US with her family. As she is presently unwell, she is unable to come home. But two of his nephews have come from Kolkata to be with the family,” the friend added.

The singer spent 20 days in the same hospital in May, after he was honoured by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the state’s Vishesh Maha Sangeet Samman award in recognition of his yeomen service to the world of music and the film industry for more than seven decades.

The singer, whose original name was Prabodh Chandra Dey, has to his credit more than 3,500 songs in an illustrious career spanning seven decades since 1943. His oeuvre boasts a range of songs, from romantic to classical to fun songs, and he went behind the mike to sing all kind of songs and proved his versatility.

Dey was also honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the country’s highest award in the film world, in 2007.