The condition of Shivakumara Swami, 111, seer of Siddaganga Mutt, who has developed severe lung infection, is stable.
According to doctors, the seer has been showing signs of recovery. “However, we will have to wait and watch for the next two weeks as a lung infection at his age is of concern,” said Ravindra B.S., chief of medical gastroenterology at BGS Gleneagles Global Hospital in Bengaluru. The seer had successfully undergone liver bypass and gall bladder removal surgery on December 8 in Chennai. “Although there are no other complications post surgery, his protein levels have depleted. We are giving him supplements through a tube in his mouth. As his oxygen saturation is also low, he is being given oxygen. If required, we may have to put him on artificial ventilation and a ventilator has been kept ready in the mutt,” the doctor said.