Vivek Shauq dies of cardiac arrest

Versatile actor Vivek Shauq is no more. The 47-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday morning. Shauq has worked in over 50 films and is survived by his wife and three children.

Fondly remembered as Jaspal Bhatti's other half in shows like Ulta Pulta and Flop Show, Shauq appeared in
several films and received critical praise for playing Sunny Deol's friend in Gadar-Ek Prem Katha (2002).

Actor Rana Jung Bahadur, who was also Shauq's neighbour, said, "As per the information I have got, he died of a heart attack. He had gone to Thane for some minor thing, as he knew someone there. The news is shocking."


This "minor thing" was in fact a liposuction surgery, which triggered a cardiac arrest and caused Shauq's death. Dr. Vijay Surase, a cardiologist at Jupiter Hospital, said, "His medical history shows that in 2003 he underwent a major angioplasty operation and three stents were put in his heart. He was prescribed blood-thinning medicines called Aspirin and Clopidogrel. But he discontinued them prior to his liposuction operation."

Shauq was brought to Jupiter hospital on January 3 after he suffered three cardiac arrests. "His heart had already stopped functioning. Three emergency three shocks had also been given to him. He was on life support system but he went into coma," said Dr. Dayanand Kumbla, another cardiologist there.

As per liposuction surgery rules, prior to the surgery, a complete health history check-up is done. Knowledge of one's allergies, medications and previous surgeries must be brought to the surgeon's notice at this stage.

Shauq underwent a liposuction at the Karkhanis Nursing Home in Thane. When contacted, Dr. Sameer Karkhanis, the plastic surgeon who performed the surgery, said, "Vivek did not reveal anything about his angioplasty and blood thinning medicines prior to the surgery. The ECG and 2D Eco reports showed normal.

But two hours after the surgery his condition became critical." On Monday he succumbed to death due to septicemia.

While Bobby Deol said, "I have lost a friend. He was a gem of a person," Akshay Kumar, who was one of Shauq's closest friends, tweeted, "This is a message, actually it's more of a request, for all those who have had the pleasure of knowing and watching Vivek Shauq.

I will say this now and always please take care of yourself and of your family's health; we are nothing without it. I will miss u my friend."Shauq's last rituals will be performed this afternoon in Mumbai.

SOURCE:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/