Rajnikanth in ICU: Wish him a speedy recovery!

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, who was admitted to the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre in Chennai on May 13 for recurrent respiratory infection and gastro-intestinal problems, was on Wednesday night shifted to the Intensive Care Unit.

This has been done to improve his breathing pattern, a hospital press release said, adding that the actor was showing positive response to treatment.

A multi-disciplinary team of doctors is closely watching his vital parameters to assess benefits from multi-pronged treatment strategies, it said.

Rajinikanth, who suffered from viral fever and exhaustion recently, was admitted to SRMU at suburban Porur days after he was discharged from another hospital, where he had been treated for allergic bronchitis and viral fever.

He had suffered from exhaustion on April 29, the first day of the shoot of his new period film Rana co-starring Deepika Padukone, which is being directed by K S Ravikumar.

He was admitted to Isabel Hospital in the city and discharged the same day, only to be readmitted there on May 4 for allergic bronchitis and viral fever. His family had last week dismissed reports that his health had deteriorated.

Wish the superstar a speedy recovery!