According to an earlier statement released by the hospital, “Mr Amitabh Bachchan has been admitted to Lilavati Hospital today afternoon, with a history of abdominal pain, which has been relieved by medicines. The cause of pain is being investigated by a team of doctors. The reports will be available (in the) coming morning. The family - Mrs Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and other relatives are present at the hospital. Mr Amitabh Bachchan has undergone blood investigation and CT Abdomen, reports of which are awaited. Further treatment will be decided based on the report. Bachchan is admitted on the 11th floor of Lilavati Hospital.”

Dr Jayant Barve, the Bachchan family physician, is heading a medical team taking care of Big B. Dr Ashok Hatolkar, medical superintendent of Nanavati Hospital where Bachchan was rushed to first in the morning, said, “The hospital was not informed about his condition. He came to the hospital’s radiology department for abdominal CT scan and the Bachchan's family physician rushed him to Lilavati Hospital for further treatment.”

While coming out of Nanavati Hospital, Bachchan, in a woollen cap and shawl, looked pale but refused to take a wheelchair and walked to the ambulance with son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya and daughter Shweta by his side. Family friend and Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and other close friends who were due to take part in Bachchan’s birthday celebrations visited him in the hospital.

(With inputs from PTI)

MEDICAL HISTORY
* In 1982, Amitabh Bachchan had a near fatal intestinal injury while shooting for a fight scene for the film Coolie in Bangalore. He required an emergency splenectomy and remained critically ill in hospital for months.
* In June 1984, Bachchan was diagnosed with a neuromuscular illness called myasthenia gravis.
* In November 2005, Bachchan was admitted to Lilavati Hospital’s ICU after complaints of abdominal pain. He underwent surgery for Diverticulitis, a digestive disease which develops due to the formation of pouches in the small intestine.