Andhra rights commission seeks Sathya Sai Baba’s health report
April 18th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANSHyderabad, April 18 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission Monday directed the state government to submit a report on the health of spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Puttaparthi for the last three weeks.
The commission has asked Chief Secretary S.V. Prasad to submit a detailed report before April 29 on the condition of the 85-year-old spiritual leader and the treatment being given to him.
The order came on a petition filed by an organisation Dalit Jana Sabha, seeking directions to the government to come out with facts relating to Baba’s health.
The petitioner alleged that the authorities of the Sathya Sai super speciality hospital and Sathya Sai Central Trust were not giving a true picture of his health, causing concern to millions of his devotees in India and abroad.
A team of state government doctors, led by Director of Medical Education, Department of Medical and Health, Ravi Raj, is also monitoring Baba’s condition.
Baba, who was admitted to hospital March 28, remains critical. He is suffering from multi-organ dysfunction and continues to be on life support system, doctors attending on him said.
Meanwhile, a group of devotees Monday lodged a complaint with the Puttaparthi police station that there is a threat to Baba’s life from Sathya Sai Central Trust members.
The complainant demanded that the devotees be allowed to see the spiritual leader.
A petition has already been filed in a court in Penukonda, Anantapur district, seeking direction to the hospital authorities to let the devotees see the spiritual leader.
A section of devotees alleged that trust members were responsible for Baba’s illness and were trying to deny them access to him.
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