Varavara Rao shifted to Nanavati Hospital for neurological and urological treatment
Poet and Elgar Parishad case accused Varavara Rao
Mumbai: Poet and Elgar Parishad case accused Varavara Rao(80), a Covid-19 positive patient was shifted to the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai for neurological and urological treatment.
Rao was undergoing treatment at the state run St George Hospital in south Mumbai since Thursday after being tested positive for the deadly virus.
"During treatment for Covid-19, doctors found his condition to be stable but also observed that he has neurological problems," the official said. He added, "Neurologists from the state-run JJ hospital tested him and he was diagnosed as having delirium."
Delirium is an acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence, occurring in intoxication, fever, and other disorders. As he required neurological and urological treatment, he was shifted to the private Nanavati Hospital in the early hours on Sunday.
The hospital official said that while at St George hospital, Rao responded well to Covid-19 treatment and his chest X-Ray and ECG were normal, he said adding he also underwent a CT Scan.
Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad- Maoist links case, was admitted to the JJ Hospital on Monday and was later shifted to St George Hospital, after being tested Corona virus positive.
Rao''s Telangana based family members had asked jail authorities to provide him immediate medical care, claiming that when he contacted them last week.
He is behind the bars for about 22 months and had approached the special NIA court, seeking bail on medical grounds and the prevailing Covid-19 situation.
On Monday, he filed two petitions in the Bombay High Court, seeking temporary bail owing to his ill-health and a direction to the jail authorities to produce his medical records and admit him to a state run hospital or private hospital.
Rao and nine other activists were arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, which was initially probed by the Pune Police and later transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).