UNC Freeport/Chick­land coun­cil­lor Anil Bali­ram is no longer on a ven­ti­la­tor and is now breath­ing on his own with oxy­gen as­sis­tance, ac­cord­ing to San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal au­thor­i­ties.

Bali­ram has been ward­ed in the hos­pi­tal's In­ten­sive Care Unit (ICU) since last Sun­day fol­low­ing a sus­pect­ed self-harm in­ci­dent at his Cou­va home.

Emer­gency health per­son­nel and po­lice ad­min­is­tered CPR and he was rushed to hos­pi­tal. How­ev­er, Bali­ram re­mained un­con­scious and was in­tu­bat­ed, breath­ing via a ven­ti­la­tor.