Manmohan visits critically ill Jyoti Basu

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh visited the AMRI hospital in Salt Lake to see CPM leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, whose health condition is still reported to be critical.
The medical board treating Basu and now comprising eight specialists was assessing his condition. "He has been a fighter all his life. And now also he is fighting."
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee also accompanied Dr Singh to the nursing home and spent some time inquiring about Basu's health.
"He is stable with ventilator support. His condition is the same as it was late Wednesday," AMRI hospital Medical Superintendent Debasish Sharma told IANS.
CPI-M politburo member Sitaram Yechuri, who visited Basu Thursday morning, claimed the 96-year-old leader was responding to a new course of antibiotics.