Comedian Raju Srivastava hospitalised after suffering a cardiac arrest; Sunil Pal shares health update

New Delhi, August 11: Stand-up comedian Raju Srivastava has suffered a cardiac arrest while working out in a gym and was taken to Delhi's All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). But he is out of danger now, his friend and colleague Sunil Pal has said.

According to reports, Srivastava underwent an angioplasty and is "responding to the treatment." The comedian is currently under observation at the hospital.

Sunil said, "Ye sach hai ki comedy king Raju Srivastava ko dil ka daura pada tha, unhe AIIMS mein bharti karaya gaya tha aur ab unki tabiyat bahut achi hai, aap sab ki dua se, ishwar ki kripa se bahut achi tabiyat hai, ab woh khatre ke bilkul bahaar hain."

"These days, there's a culture of excessively working out. Trainers recommend constant scaling up of workout. People shouldn't do aggressive working out. Exercising can trigger deaths," Dr Balbir Singh, Chairman of Cardiac Sciences at Max Healthcare.