NEUROLOGISTS CALLED TO EXAMINE 80-YR-OLD POET-ACTIVIST

News 18 / by PTI

Jailed writer and activist Varavara Rao, undergoing treatment at St George Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, is also suffering from neurological problem and specialist doctors have been called to treat him, hospital officials said on Friday.
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VARAVARA RAO TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

Hindustan Times / by HT Correspondent

Poet and activist Varavara Rao, who was lodged at Taloja Jail as an undertrial in connection with the Elgar Parishad case, tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. Rao, 81, is asymptomatic but will be treated with symptomatic drugs. His family has alleged criminal negligence by state authorities.
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SHOCKING TREATMENT OF VARA VARA RAO AT JJ HOSPITAL

15/07/2020

By Human Rights Defenders´ Alert – India

Human Rights Defenders Alert urges NHRC to intervene immediately. VV’s family in Mumbai since yesterday has been horrified to find him in a pathetic & unattended condition at hospital.

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