Bengaluru: With his health condition fluctuating, the 111-year-old chief pontiff of Siddaganga Matha in Tumakuru, Shri Shivakumara Swamiji is expected to be taken to Chennai for valve replacement on Friday at 10:30 am in an air ambulance.
On Thursday, a team of doctors headed by Dr Ravindra B.S. from BGS Global Hospitals visited the Swamiji at the Matha. This was followed by the visit of a team of doctors including Siddaganga Hospital and Research Centre head Dr Parameshwarappa to Chennai for a consultation with liver transplant expert Dr Mohamed Rela.
Earlier this week, the swamiji had undergone Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP) with two more stents placed in his bile duct at BGS Gleneagles Hospital, after which he was discharged on Monday. In addition to these two stents, a total 11 stents have been inserted in his body till now.
