Injured Vivek to stay out of action for three months

Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, who fractured his left leg in Kolkata yesterday during a film shoot, underwent an operation in Mumbai today an...

Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, who fractured his left leg in Kolkata yesterday during a film shoot, underwent an operation in Mumbai today and is expected to be out of action for at least three months, hospital sources said.

Oberoi was brought from Kolkata to Hinduja Hospital at Mahim in Central Mumbai.Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Sanjay Agarwala, who operated on the actor this evening, said he would be fixing the fracture with nails and screws — an ‘‘interlocking system’’ procedure.This procedure would permit ambulation and mobility, he said adding: ‘‘We expect him to stand up in a couple of days with crutches and walk more with support.’’

However, the wound will take at least three months to heal. Agarwala also said Vivek is in good mood and his pain is under control with injections.

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‘‘The case warrants good management and his family preferred to bring him here and we will do our best,’’ Agarwala said.

Vivek was admitted to a Kolkata hospital last evening after he suffered serious fractures in his left leg during a chase sequence while shooting for a Mani Ratnam film. The actor arrived here by the morning flight from Kolkata.

Meanwhile, director Mani Ratnam, admitted to a Kolkata hospital last evening with complications of ‘‘postural hypotension’’ and dehydration, was improving at a steady pace, doctors said today. Clinical Director of B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre Dr Anil Mishra, attending on Ratnam, said all his tests were normal.

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