Spiritual Leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev endures emergency brain surgery
Spiritual Leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev endures emergency brain surgery
Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev underwent an emergency brain surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi. MRI showed massive bleeding in the skull.
As per statement from the
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital the surgery was carried out on March 17 to remove bleeding in the skull.
The spiritual leader was weaned off the ventilator post-surgery, adding he has shown “steady progress and his brain, body and vital parameters have improved”.
The 66-year-old spiritual guru is the founder of the Isha Foundation and has unvield campaigns like ‘Save Soil’ and ‘Rally for Rivers’ for environment conservation.
He had been suffering from severe headaches for the last four weeks. Regardless of the severity of the pain, he continued with his normal daily schedule and social activities and even conducted the Maha Shivaratri function on March 8.
The headache worsened by March 15, when he consulted Dr. Vinit Suri, the hospital’s senior consultant neurologist, over phone, it said.
Suri immediately suspected a subdural haematoma and advised an urgent MRI.
Statement further added that there was evidence of a chronic bleed of three to four weeks duration as well as fresh bleeding that had occurred within a duration of 24 to 48 hours.
Sadhguru was advised immediate hospitalisation and appropriate medication schedule adjustment, but he had important meetings and events scheduled for March 15 and March 16, adding he completed the meetings with the support of pain medication.
On March 17, he developed a decline in his level of consciousness, and weakness in the left leg, and was admitted to the medical facility under the care of Dr. Suri. The CT scan revealed a marked increase in brain swelling and a decision was taken to operate, it said.
Sadhguru was managed by a team of doctors comprising Dr. Vinit Suri, Dr. Pranav Kumar, Dr. Sudheer Tyagi and Dr. S. Chatterjee and underwent an emergency brain surgery on March 17 to remove the bleeding in the skull.
News Edit K.V.Raman
