"Would Rather Die": Jailed Activist Stan Swamy On Mumbai Hospital Treatment

Saturday, 22 May 2021Newsdesk

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.

New Delhi, 22 May 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Stan 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.

Source -NDTV