Gandhinagar (Kottayam): There has been a significant improvement in the health condition of Vava Suresh who was admitted to the Kottayam Medical College Hospital in a critical state after being bitten by a snake. He is now out of the ventilator and breathing his own, the hospital superintendent Dr TK Jayakumar informed during a media release on Thursday.

Since some patients in his condition may require ventilator support again, the medical board has decided to put him under observation in the ICU for the next 48 hours.

On Tuesday, Suresh had started breathing on his own, his heart and lungs function had gone back to normal, and there was an improvement in the blood flow to his brain. But his condition worsened by Wednesday morning. He stopped responding to calls, his breathing level fell, and his blood pressure dropped. However, his health improved by 11 am.

Before Vava Suresh was taken to the Medical College Hospital, he had suffered a heart attack.

The medical team led by Dr TK Jayakumar, including Deputy superintendent Dr Ratheesh Kumar, Head of Department of Neuro-medicine Dr Jacob George, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, Dr P K Balakrishnan, Head of the Department of General Medicine Dr Sanghamithra, and Critical Care Department Dr Anuraj, are in charge of Suresh's treatment.