Veteran Marxist Jyoti Basu has fever and his urine output declined on Monday evening as the 95-year-old leader's condition continued to be critical with no improvement, the doctors attending to him said.

"He still continues to be critical on partial ventilator support. He had fever Monday evening," said cardiologist AK Maity, who is member of the eight-member medical board set up to treat Basu, admitted in the AMRI Hospital with pneumonia since January 1.u00a0
"Overall, his condition remained unchanged. The urine output is satisfactory, though it has gone down since the evening," Maity said.