Jagmohan Dalmiya remains in stable condition following chest pain

Kolkata: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was admitted to hospital after complaining of chest pain is now stable, doctors said here on Saturday. The 75-year-old was admitted to the city's BM Birla Hospital on Thursday night. Doctors attending to Dalmiya said on Saturday morning that the BCCI chief was responding to medicines and was in a stable condition. But he would still be under constant monitoring. Earlier on Friday, in a medical bulletin doctors had stated,"There was a clot which has been removed, and his condition has improved. He is in a stable condition now and he will be closely monitored for next 72 hours." Reports also said that Dalmiya has spoken to his family members who were visiting him. Former BCCI president N. Srinivasan and board secretary Anurag Thakur had also called to enquire about his health. Jagmohan Dalmiya's condition 'clinically better', say doctors Dalmiya was rushed to the hospital last night following complaints of chest pain. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was with him when he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital. Minister in-charge of sports (West Bengal) Arup Biswas and top CAB officials had rushed to the hospital immediately after hearing the news. After an initial clinical assessment on Thursday night, Dalmiya was taken to the cath lab at BM Birla Heart Research Institute for coronary angiography. Angiography is an X-ray examination of arteries which involved release of a special dye into the coronary arteries from a catheter inserted in a blood vessel to detect any blockages, reports PTI. BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya now stable after being hospitalised for chest pain