The managing director of Patanjali Ayurved Limited and right hand of Yoga guru Swami Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna complained of dizziness on Friday after his lunch, and was rushed to AIIMS Rishikesh.
In the afternoon he gained consciousness and the pathological tests were started, said the accompanying doctors. It is being suspected that he fell sick as a result of some sort of food poisoning.
Around 2 pm on Friday, Balkrishna complained of dizziness and his own team of Ayurvedic doctors examined him and gave him local treatment. When his condition went out of control and he fell off his chair, as per the sources, he was rushed to Swami Bhumanand hospital from where he was taken to AIIMS, Rishikesh where his treatment was going on till the filing of this report. The doctor accompanying him said that he had regained consciousness around 5 pm.
Spokesman of Patanjali Yogpeeth, S K Tijarawala said that it seemed to be food poisoning since Balkrishna had complained of vomiting and dizziness after having lunch. The CCTV camera footage and food samples were taken soon after this episode.
Meanwhile, Ramdev tweeted a video message thanking all those who had expressed concern for Balkrishna’s health. He said that the Acharya had fallen sick after eating a Peda offered by a man on the occasion of Janmashtami. The medical bulletin released by AIIMS Rishikesh states that Balkrishna was brought at 4:15 PM in altered conscious level. On examination, his blood pressure, pulse rate and other parameters were found within normal limit. The patient was evaluated by cardiologist, neurologist and general physician at the time of arrival. His ECG, screening echo and RBS were done and found to be within normal limit.
The brain MRI report also came out normal. He was shifted to department of critical care medicine for further management. He is in exhaustion but stable from the point of view of all normal parameters of BP, pulse, respiratory rate, blood sugar electrolytes, MRI and ECG, the medical bulletin stated.