The 66-year-old spiritual guru is the founder of the Isha Foundation and has launched campaigns like "Save Soil" and "Rally for Rivers".
File photo of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. (sadhguru/Facebook)
Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev underwent emergency brain surgery at a private hospital in New Delhi after suffering “life-threatening” bleeding in the skull and is now recovering well, a senior doctor said on Wednesday, 20 March.
“The surgery was carried out on 17 March to remove bleeding in the skull. Sadhguru was weaned off the ventilator post-surgery,” a statement from Indraprastha Apollo Hospital said, adding he had shown “steady progress” and his “vital parameters have improved”.
Sadhguru also posted a video on his Instagram page from his hospital bed. “The Apollo hospital neurosurgeons cut through my skull to try and find something, but found nothing — totally empty. So they gave up and patched it up. Here I am in Delhi with the patched-up skull but a damaged brain,” he said in a lighter vein.
Sadhguru started having a headache since 1st week of March.
He neglected it.
He even attended and performed at Maha Shiva Rathri night on March 8.
His headaches got worse.
He neglected it.
A week later headaches became excruciating. On 15th March he checked himself into a… pic.twitter.com/Qux2Y56Zf9
— TheLiverDoc (@theliverdr) March 20, 2024
Several celebrities posted messages on social media wishing him a speedy recovery.
The 66-year-old spiritual guru is the founder of the Isha Foundation and has launched campaigns like “Save Soil” and “Rally for Rivers” for environment conservation.
Vinit Suri, the hospital’s senior consultant neurologist who led the team of doctors that attended to Sadhguru, said he had faced a “life-threatening situation”.
“He has actually done extremely well, much beyond our expectation… He is now extremely well, he is back to his normal self… all his brain, body vital parameters are normal,” Suri said.
He had been suffering from severe headaches for the last four weeks. Despite 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 hospital statement said.
The headache worsened by 15 March, when he consulted Dr Suri over the phone, it said.
Suri immediately suspected a subdural haematoma and advised an urgent MRI, it added.
The spiritual leader underwent a brain MRI on the same day, and it revealed massive bleeding in the skull.
“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,” the statement said.
Sadhguru was advised immediate hospitalisation and appropriate medication schedule adjustment, but he had important meetings and events scheduled for 16 March and 17 March, it said, adding he completed the meetings with the support of pain medication.
On 17 March, 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 17 March to remove the bleeding in the skull, the statement said.
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