New Delhi Nov 30 PTI The condition of veteran journalist Vinod Dua continues to be extremely critical and fragile his daughter and actor-comic Mallika Dua said on TuesdayThe 67-year-old journalist a Hindi broadcast journalism pioneer with stints in Doordarshan and NDTV was last night moved to the Intensive Care Unit of Apollo Hospital on the advice of doctors here he was moved to the Apollo Hospital ICU last night where he can be cared for better He remains extremely critical and fragile He has been a fighter his entire life Uncompromising and relentless His family is the same when it comes to him Mallika Dua wrote on her Instagram StoryThe hospital issued a statement on his condition on TuesdayShri Vinod Dua is presently under treatment at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital New Delhi In view of his critical condition he has been admitted to the intensive care unit where his condition is being monitored by a team of senior doctors it saidVinod Dua who was also hospitalised with Covid earlier this year lost his wife radiologist Padmavati Chinna Dua to the virus in JuneMama would not have given up on him or watch him give up on himself She will guide us to do whats best for him My sister and I are okay We were raised by the strongest added Mallika Dua in her post adding that she will share the latest update on her fathers status once she speaks to the doctors after morning roundsOn Monday Mallika Dua said her father was in the ICU of a city hospital here and his condition was beyond criticalAs news of his ill-health spread so did fake news that he had passed away and some people even posted condolence messages prompting his daughter to request people to not spread rumoursVinod Dua and his wife were in a hospital in Gurgaon when the second Covid wave was at its peak The journalists health has suffered ever since and he has been in and out of hospitals The couple is also parents to elder daughter Bakul Dua a clinical psychologist PTI RDS BK KND TIR TIR