The condition of Bengal cricketer Avik Chowdhury, who met with a serious road accident on Sunday afternoon. has improved marginally. Doctors however pointed out that he still remains critical and they can issue a more definitive verdict only after another 48 hours.
“The oozing from the lungs has stopped and that is a positive sign,” informed Brig (Dr) SB Purkayastha, CEO of the private hospital where Avik is admitted. “His blond pressure too has stabilized. We can say that clinically his condition has improved marginally, lf his condition improves over the next 24 hours, an MRI of his spinal cord needs to be done.

The hospital where he is admitted doesn't have the facility so he has to be moved in an ambulance. It has been learnt that the Cricket Association of Bengal is trying to rope in specialists from Delhi and Chennai so that Avik gets thy best possible diagnosis and treatment. Chennai based spine specialist Dr Rajsekhar as well as SP
Mandal and Shankar Acharya, HODs of neurology and surgery departments of the Delhi-based Gangaram Hospital, have also been contacted.