Elgar Parishad Case: Activist Stan Swamy's Health Critical, Says Lawyer

Stan Swamy and his co-accused in the Elgar case have repeatedly complained of inadequate health facilities at the prison in Navi Mumbai, where they were lodged as undertrials.

The health condition of tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, continues to be critical, his lawyer Mihir Desai said on Monday. Till late Sunday night, the 84-year-old Jesuit priest was on ventilator support, the senior counsel told PTI. Stan Swamy has been undergoing treatment at the Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai, following a court order on May 28. The cost of his treatment at the private hospital is being borne by his associates and friends. On Saturday, advocate Desai told a bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar that Swamy's health was critical and that he was still in the hospital''s intensive care unit (ICU).