Reputed playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam, who has been battling COVID-19 viral infection for over the past two weeks, has been stable and continues to be on the support of the ventilator and ECMO, according to the update that was released by the hospital on Saturday. 

The legendary singer has been getting treated at the MGM Healthcare hospital in Chennai since August 5, after he tested positive for COVID-19 viral infection. On Saturday, the hospital said, "Thiru SP Balasubrahmanyam who had been admitted at MGM Healthcare due to COVID-19 continues to be on ventilator and ECMO support in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). 

The hospital stated, "His current clinical condition is stable and he continuous to be closely monitored by our multidisciplinary clinical team. MGM Healthcare's multidisciplinary team consists of specialists from internal medicine, critical care, pulmonology, infectious diseases, and ECMO care. Our multidisciplinary team is actively collaborating with international experts from reputed centers in the US and UK that have witnessed large volumes of COVID-19 patients requiring ECMO support". 

The hospital further added, "The International experts concur with the clinical care that is being provided by our expert medical team to Thiru SP Balasubrahmanyam". The development had sent a positive sign to millions of his fans and fraternities, who have been extending their heartfelt wishes and prayers for the singer's speedy recovery since he was hospitalized. 

On August 5, the singer said he had tested positive for COVID-19 viral infection and while he told that he had mild symptoms and he would be discharged from the hospital in two days, his health suddenly deteriorated on August 14. He was then pronounced to be in a critical state and moved to the Intensive Care Unit under life support. 

He had been under critical state and fans, celebrities, and fraternities of Tamil Cinema had come together and collectively offered a mass prayer on Thursday where people from across and beyond the borders have been sending their wishes and prayers to the 74-year-old singer for his speedy recovery. 

On Friday, there was a positive sign after the hospital said that he returned to stable from being critical and his vital parameters are doing fine. The hospital further stated that it had pitched in the international experts. On Saturday, the hospital said he continues to be stable in the ICU and under the support of the ventilator and ECMO.  SPB is the legendary playback singer and multilingual artist who has sung over 40,000 songs in 16 languages and fans are playing his songs while they pray for the singer's speedy recovery.