"Deshmukh is in the intensive care unit (ICU). He has been admitted for liver ailment. Doctors are attending to him in the ICU which is out of bounds for others," a Global Hospital official told IANS on condition of anonymity.u00a0

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According to him, Deshmukh, 67, was rushed to the hospital Monday evening from Mumbai's Beach Candy hospital in an air ambulance.

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"From the Chennai airport he was brought to our hospital in our ambulance," the official said.

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