Sadhguru undergoes brain surgery, doctors say recovering well

Spiritual leader Sadhguru underwent an emergency brain surgery on March 17 and is now recovering well, the Isha Foundation said in a statement released on Wednesday.

'Sadhguru has recently undergone a life-threatening medical situation. He is currently recovering well. Sadhguru was suffering from severe headache for the last four weeks,' the Isha Foundation said.

'The headache got extremely severe by 15th March 2024 afternoon when he arrived in Delhi. On the advice of Dr Vinit Suri, Senior Consultant Neurologist, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Sadhguru underwent an urgent MRI at 4:30 pm the same day, which revealed a massive bleed in the brain. There was evidence of a chronic bleed that had been ongoing in the last 3-4 weeks as well as fresh bleeding that had developed in the previous 24-48 hours of the examination,' the statement adds.

Sadhguru underwent an emergency operation after his condition worsened.

'On 17th March 2024, Sadhguru’s neurological status rapidly worsened along with weakness of the left leg and marked worsening of headache with recurrent vomiting. He was finally admitted. A CT revealed a marked increase in brain swelling and life-threatening shift of the brain to one side.

Managed by a team of doctors (Dr Vinit Suri, Dr Pranav Kumar, Dr Sudheer Tyagi and Dr S Chatterjee), he underwent an emergency brain surgery within a few hours of admission to relieve the bleeding in the skull. Sadhguru was weaned off the ventilator post-surgery.

Sadhguru has shown steady progress and his brain, body and vital parameters have improved to normal levels,' the Isha Foundation said in its statement.