Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, told the Bombay High Court on Friday that his health has deteriorated steadily since his arrest, but he would rather suffer and possibly die than getting treatment at a state-run hospital here.
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India News: MUMBAI: Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, told the Bombay high court on Friday that his health has deteri.
Stan Swamy tells HC his health is failing, would prefer `dying than going to hospital
Swamy, 84, was produced before a bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and S P Tavade through video-conference from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai.
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MUMBAI: Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, told the Bombay High Court on Friday that his health has deteriorated steadily since his arrest, but he would rather suffer and possibly die than getting treatment at a state-run hospital here.
Swamy, 84, was produced before a bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and S P Tavade through video-conference from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai where he is lodged as an under-trial.
Stan Swamy told the court that he had suffered much while in prison. (FILE)
Mumbai:
Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, told the Bombay High Court on Friday that his health has deteriorated steadily since his arrest, but he would rather suffer and possibly die than getting treatment at a state-run hospital in Mumbai.
Mr Swamy, 84, was produced before a bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and S P Tavade through video-conference from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai where he is lodged as an under-trial.
The prison authorities also submitted a medical report from Mumbai s JJ Hospital, where Swamy had been examined earlier this week in compliance with the high court s order.