Indira Goswami's condition still critical

The condition of litterateur Indira Raisom Goswami has slightly improved but she continues to be on ventilator support.

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said, "There is a very minor improvement in her condition. Specialists from AIIMS and GMCH are monitoring her condition".

Sources at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) said the overall health condition of the 69-year-old writer remained a matter of concern though her fever (due to

Septicaemia) had come down in the morning and her blood pressure and pulse rate were stable.

An infarction (formation of an area of tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen caused by obstruction of the tissue's blood supply) was detected in her brain during a CT scan, the sources said.

Two senior doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, Dr Ashutosh Biswas and R K Batra, who were brought here by the state government for Goswami's treatment, described her condition as "still critical".

The two specialists from AIIMS, who have approved the treatment protocol pursued by the GNCH doctors, were monitoring her condition and conducting several tests, the sources said.

Goswami, who has authored several novels and short stories, had earlier taken the initiative for a political dialogue to resolve the ULFA issue which has rocked the state for nearly three decades.