Veteran actor Deepti Naval, who underwent an angioplasty at a hospital in Mohali on Monday, said she was discharged from the medical facility on Tuesday, and is “perfectly fine now”. There were reports that the actor suffered a heart attack in Manali, following which she was brought to Mohali. However, talking to PTI, she claimed it was a “heart symptom”.
The 68-year-old actor has been in Rohtang for the past one month.Dr. RK Jaswal, director, Cath Lab, Fortis Hospital, who operated upon the actor, said: ‘’She underwent stenting of the left anterior descending artery, utilising the advanced imaging technology optical coherence tomograph.”Coronary angioplasty is a procedure used to open clogged heart arteries. After her debut with Shyam Benegal’s 1978 film Junoon, Deepti Naval went on to feature in Chashme Buddoor, Ankahee, Mirch Masala, Firaaq, Memories of March, Listen Amaya, among others. She most recently starred in Amazon Prime Video’s Made in Heaven.