Veteran actor Saira Banu, who is currently admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital, has been diagnosed with a heart problem.

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Doctors are keen on an angiogram procedure but she has refused permission, a hospital doctor told news agency PTI on Thursday.

“Yesterday, her cardiac tests happened and she has been diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome,” a Hinduja Hospital doctor told PTI.

The 77-year-old actor was admitted to the hospital on August 28 following breathlessness, high blood pressure and high sugar.

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Doctors suggested a CAG (coronary angiogram), but Saira Banu has refused to undergo the medical procedure, the doctor said.

“Once she gives her consent, doctors can perform an angiography.” According to the doctor, Saira Banu is also battling depression after the death of her husband veteran actor Dilip Kumar.  

“She doesn’t sleep much. She wants to go home,” said the doctor.Dilip Kumar breathed his last on July 7 this year at the age of 98 after a long ailment.

They tied the knot in 1966 and acted together in several films including ‘Sagina’ and ‘Gopi’.