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On Tuesday, Amitabh Bachchan shared a post and wrote, ‘In the hospital, after a surgery and in the ICU, under the care of experienced doctors and medical staff, then discharged from the hospital and returning home.’ Ever since the post surfaced, it was being speculated that Big B has been discharged from the hospital after surgery. Now he himself has clarified in a new blog that neither he was in ICU nor has he had any surgery. His post was misunderstood.
Giving clarification in the new blog, Amitabh Bachchan has written-
I am absolutely fine. My post was misunderstood. I was just giving an example. What I meant was that after a major surgery or a stay in the ICU, the hardest time begins when you return home and are faced with your weakened or damaged condition. In the same way, when a champion loses, the hardest battle for him is the emotions going on within him. I was referring to Argentina’s defeat and Lionel Messi’s mental state at that time, that of a champion who had to face defeat. But people assumed that I was saying this about myself.
He further wrote, ‘People misunderstood it. Every champion has to accept that with time another new champion will come. It is not easy for a champion to accept that his place has now been taken by someone else. But this is the law of life, and it will always happen.
Amitabh Bachchan has also shared this photo with the new blog.
In the end, Big B writes, ‘Suppose, God forbid, you have to go to the hospital for treatment of some disease or problem. By the time you go to the hospital, your body is back to its normal state. Then after surgery or treatment, the disease gets cured, but after that, living with the changed body and taking care of oneself again is the most difficult phase.
‘Your body may not be the same after treatment. His way of working should change. It is not easy to accept this change. But our body is amazing. He adapts himself to the circumstances, learns to work again. Maybe not like before, but he moves forward nonetheless. The mental state of a defeated champion is also similar.
Which post caused the misunderstanding?
Amitabh Bachchan wrote on his social media account at midnight on Tuesday, ‘The game is over, but the work is going on.’
After some time, he wrote in the blog, ‘In the hospital, after a surgery and in the ICU, under the care of experienced doctors and medical staff, then discharged from the hospital and returning home. This period of returning home is the most difficult. Physically, mentally and also in terms of everyday life. You may have been a respected champion and one day you may face defeat. This is the most difficult phase of life.
There were news of admission in May also
On May 19, journalist Vicky Lalwani had claimed on his YouTube channel that Amitabh Bachchan was admitted to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai. He had said that he was admitted on 16 May. However, when Dainik Bhaskar contacted a source close to the family to confirm the news, it was revealed that Amitabh was taken to Nanavati Hospital on May 16 for a routine checkup. He keeps getting routine checkups done every month. He returned home soon after.
Vlog and post amid news of admission
On May 20, Amitabh Bachchan had made a meaningless post with some strange words from the official X account. He wrote at 12:03 in the night – Pilori Barumba.
Big B’s 75% liver damaged
83 year old Big B is alive only on 25% of his liver, 75% of his liver is damaged. After the accident on the sets of the film Coolie, the doctors had declared him clinically dead.
It was difficult to stay alive even for 3-4 hours, Amitabh endured that pain for 4 days.
On 26 July 1982, Amitabh Bachchan was shooting an action sequence for the film Coolie. As per the demand of the shot, Puneet Issar had to punch Amitabh and he had to fall on the table. This work was for a body double, but Amitabh himself shot it for perfection. The punch was so strong that a corner of the table hit Amitabh’s stomach. There was no blood, but Big B was in bad condition due to pain. When he went to the hospital, the doctors could not understand the real reason. Big B spent two days with the help of pain killers, but when the pain did not stop, he was admitted to St. Philomena Hospital in Bengaluru.
Doctors had also given answers
Amitabh Bachchan was X-rayed, but the exact reason was still not known. Many tests were done, but when the injury was not detected then how could the treatment be done. When the pain became unbearable on the third day, the doctors again examined him closely by doing X-ray. Saw that gas was visible under the diaphragm in the X-ray, which was a sign of leakage. Actually, Amitabh’s intestines had burst due to the injury and due to lack of timely treatment, the infection had spread. On the fourth day, renowned surgeon H.S. Bhatia saw Amitabh’s case and immediately suggested operation.
Before the operation, Amitabh had 102 degree fever and his heartbeat became 180 instead of 72. When the operation was done, it was found that the intestines had burst from inside. It was difficult to survive even for 3-4 hours in such conditions, but he was struggling for four days. Big B went into coma on the fourth day. Two operations were performed and he was kept in the hospital for two months.
On 24 September 1982, Big B was discharged from Breach Candy Hospital.
