Sai Baba has a following of millions. He claims to have performed miracles, including bringing the dead back to life.
HYDERABAD - One of India's best-known spiritual leaders, who has a long list of influential followers, is on life support in a southern hospital, officials said yesterday.
Satya Sai Baba, 85, who has devotees in more than 100 countries, was admitted to a hospital funded by his organisation in the town of Puttaparthi with lung and chest congestion on March 28.
His condition has since deteriorated and he is now on a ventilator and is receiving kidney dialysis, according to a health bulletin from the hospital yesterday.
He remains in 'critical' condition, although his 'level of consciousness has considerably improved' and his vital systems are 'stable', said the update from the Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences.
Thousands of followers have begun arriving in Puttaparthi, home to Sai Baba's ashram in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh, with many agitated by conflicting information given by the local authorities.
To set to rest the rumours about his condition, the hospital authorities have decided to issue two health bulletins a day, one in the morning and another late in the evening, the Hindustan Times reported on its website yesterday. -- AFP
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