Saibaba's response to treatment is satisfactory: Doctors

Anantapur:  Sri Satya Saibaba, who was admitted to hospital on March 28 following lung and chest congestion, is on ventilator support for assisting respiration and his response to the treatment is satisfactory, doctors attending on him said today.

"Bhagawan Sri Satya Sai Baba was admitted to this hospital on March 28 and had implantation of pacemaker in the heart. He is on ventilator support for assisting the respiration. Dialysis is being done to assist his kidney function," said a media release issued by Dr A N Safaya, director of Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences.

"The team of doctors attending on him is satisfied with the response to the treatment given. Constant watch is kept on his health condition by the medical team," the release said.

85-year-old Satya Saibaba was admitted to the super-speciality hospital at Prashantigram at Puttaparti near here following respiration-related problems.