The condition of acclaimed cartoonist R K Laxman, undergoing treatment at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital hospital, for a paralytic stroke, is showing steady improvement following the physiotherapy sessions, hospital sources said on Thursday.

He is responding well to the treatment, including the physiotherapy sessions, the sources said.

Laxman, who was admitted to Poona Hospital after he suffered a paralytic stroke, was shifted to Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai on Monday after he expressed a desire to be closer to his family, living in the city.