Faraaz Khan, Rani Mukerji's Mehendi co-star and son of Mahabharat actor Yusuf Khan is currently fighting for his life in a Bengaluru hospital and has been admitted in the ICU.
Reports state that Faraaz was diagnosed with a brain infection and pneumonia after his lungs got infected. After his family started a fundraiser for the actor, actor, and filmmaker Pooja Bhatt shared a plea for her followers on Twitter to help raise funds for his treatment.
Bhatt wrote, "Please share and contribute if possible. I am. Would be grateful if any of you can as well." The details about his condition were shared on the fundraiser, which was started by his family members Farhad Abousher and Ahmed Shamoon.
The details read, "Faraaz had been suffering from a cough and an infection in his chest for nearly a year. Recently, the coughing had aggravated so due to the prevailing pandemic, he decided to consult the doctor over a video call. Over the video consultation on 8th October 2020, the doctor saw his condition and recommended that he gets himself admitted to a hospital as his cough was quite intense and to prevent any further infection, hospitalization was the best thing to do. So, immediately we called for an ambulance. However what happened after that has shaken us up to the core."
It added, "Faraaz was admitted to the emergency ward of Vikram hospital where we found out that he suffered three consecutive seizures due to a herpes infection in his brain that had spread from his chest. Besides, while he suffered from these seizures, he swallowed the mucous and saliva of his cough which entered his lungs and caused pneumonia in there. Because of this his blood pressure and heartbeat increased massively and he wasn’t able to breathe. He was put in the ICU care where after a series of complicated procedures and heavy antibiotics he was brought to stability."
The fundraiser has a goal of Rs 25 lakh goal. Faraaz needs to stay in the hospital for "7-10 more days" for his treatment.