Exclusive – Raju Srivastava’s nephew Kushal Srivastava: His health is improving and organs are responding well to the treatment, should be out of ventilator soon

Ace comedian Raju Srivastava, who had suffered a heart attack on August 10th and was rushed to AIIMS, New Delhi has spent nearly 15 days at the hospital. The actor’s health is gradually getting better and he should be out of the ventilator very soon, confirms his nephew, Kushal Srivastava to ETimes TV. However, he denied the reports that the Great Indian Laughter Challenge comedian has gained consciousness.

While talking to ETimes TV, Kushal shared, “Raju ji’s health is improving but the reports of him gaining consciousness are untrue. He has opened his eyes a couple of times and also moved his hands, but that is not enough for us, we want him to recover completely. His health is gradually getting better and the doctors are also saying that recovery will take time. He is still on a ventilator and doctors want him to take him out of it, but there are no such immediate plans. They are waiting for his health to improve more. The progress is not enough for the doctors to remove the life support. His organs are responding well to the treatment.”

For the uninitiated, Raju Srivastava had collapsed while he was running on a treadmill on August 10. He was admitted to AIIMS, Delhi. ETimes TV had reported that he has been unconscious for the past 15 days except for a few moments where he moved his hands.

Raju’s brother Deepu Srivastava had urged people not to spread rumours of his health through a video message and requested fans instead to shower prayers on his brother. He said, “Raju is a fighter and will soon come back winning the battle and will entertain everyone with his comedy.”

Even Raju’s wife Shikha Srivastava earlier spoke to ETimes TV exclusively and said that the comedian is stable and urged everyone to stop spreading rumours as it is very disturbing.

“Raju ji’s health is stable and doctors are doing their job very diligently and the entire management is working day and night to make sure that Raju ji gets well soon. We have full faith in them and Raju ji is a fighter and he is going to win this battle. He will fight it out and will come back to entertain you all, this is my promise to you all. We are getting wishes, blessings and a lot of people are praying and doing puja for his health and everyone’s vibration is very positive. I know the prayers are not going to go unanswered. I just want to urge everyone to continue praying for their health,” she said.