Parade of Doctors, Medicine, Treatments
Soon after Srila Prabhupada’s serious health crisis on Feb. 26, 1977, a parade of doctors, kavirajas and different treatments ensued until his departure 9 months later. One is easily confused and lost by the constant changes of treatment and medicine prescriptions (most of which Srila Prabhupada refused to take). It is natural to wonder about the unusual nature of Srila Prabhupada’s “illness” and his medical care. There was no logic or sense as to why treatments and doctors were switched or abandoned one after another. Below is a partial list of the doctors, treatments, and medicines. As Tamal said: “so many doctors and medicines, nothing worked.” Everyone including doctors were mystified why Srila Prabhupada withered away in spite of all this.
In 1977 most knew Srila Prabhupada’s kidneys were failing… but why? If they knew in 1977 what the problem was, then why the continuous search with so many doctors? Symptoms were clear: dropsy, indigestion, anemia, no appetite, constant mucus and bronchitis, weakness, cough, etc. But a symptom does not identify the illness nor the proper medical remedy. A symptom is not a diagnosis. In 2002-05 Dr. Morris at MURR did NAA hair tests which uncovered the cause of Srila Prabhupada’s health failure. It was a lethal, homicidal cadmium poisoning.
We do not know for sure if diabetes and kidney problems were concurrent, but lethal poisoning was the real cause of health decline. It is to be noted that heavy metals poisoning causes and aggravates diabetes and kidney disease. The facts ascertain a malicious poisoning of the ISKCON Founder-Acharya. The truth of history should be established, justice be served, the culprits, and those subsequently complicit, should be identified and punished. A complete review and cleansing must be made of all the policies and deviations that the poisoners and their followers injected into Srila Prabhupada’s spiritual movement. His faithful followers must maintain, preserve, and protect his divine gift to humanity.
THE PARADE OF DOCTORS IN 1977
| Date | Doctor | Location | Details / Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 12 | Dr. G. Ghosh of Allahabad | Kumbha Mela | |
| End Feb. | Dr. G. Ghosh of Allahabad | Mayapur | Diuretic caused blood in urine |
| Mar. 7 | Bimal Tarka Tirtha, kaviraja | Mayapur | Ayurvedic medicines, stopped in days, no results |
| Mar. 26 | Dr. Oja | Bombay | High blood pressure, rest and no strain prescribed |
| Apr. 5 | New doctor | Bombay | Unknown prescriptions but the treatment was rejected |
| Apr. 18 | Dr. Sharma | Bombay | Tried to give injection with pills, SP refused to take |
| June 4-5 | Dr Ghosh Kodaikanal | Vrindaban | Collapsed organs; recommended dialysis etc; treatments refused |
| June 24 | Bhagatji’s old baba | Vrindaban | Medicine of 45 tree barks, SP took, felt better |
| June 12 | Bonamali kaviraja | Vrindaban | Milk, cow dung ashes, medicines, 3 weeks: no results |
| Date ?? | Triguna kaviraja/Delhi | Vrindaban | He told Yashoda dasi later he treated SP, details unknown |
| Aug. 15 | Chief Dr of Delhi Ayurvedic Hospital | Vrindaban | Came and left, Tamal rejected him |
| Aug. 15 | Dr. Khurana | Vrindaban | Kidney failure; dialysis at temple; but Tamal declined |
| Aug. 15 | Bhagatji’s local Vaidya | Vrindaban | Dropsy, fast pulse; no salt, less strain; no results. |
| Aug. 25 | Bonamali kaviraja | Vrindaban | Some Ayur. Meds; but SP left for London in 2 days |
| Aug. 27 | Tamal, his own diagnosis | Vrindaban | SP illness was psychological/subtle, cure was to preach |
| Sept. 8 | Dr. Andrew McIrvine | London | Kidneys, diabetes, malnutrition; performed circumcision |
| Sept.8 | Dr. Kanodia | London | Courtesy follow-up check-up after circumcision |
| Sept. 9 | Dr. McIrvine | London | More liquids, food, protein, antibiotics prescribed |
| Sept. 24 | Ram Gopal Vaidya | Bombay | Liver/kidney problems; meds, special diet; SP rejected |
| Oct. 3-4 | Bonamali kaviraja | Vrindaban | Only weakness; diet, Ayur. Meds caused cough, rejected |
| Oct. ? | Dr. Kapoor’s Vaidya | Vrindaban | Ordered urine test, Vit. B, breathing exercises, massage, supplements, no results after 10 days, treatment stopped |
| Oct. 12 | Dr. Ghosh, Kodaikanal | Vrindaban | Tamal obstructed his treatment, he left after a few days |
| Oct. 13 | Bhagatji intervened | Vrindaban | Arranged urine test; kidney infection; pills, SP refused |
| Oct. 15 | Bonamali kaviraja | Vrindaban | Gonorrhea type disorder? -treatment rejected |
| Oct. 16 | Dr. G. Ghosh, Allahabad | Vrindaban | Fresh air, protein, posture, urine test, treatment accepted |
| Oct. 17 | Dr. G. Ghosh & Dr. K. Gopal | Vrindaban | Kidney infection/damage; Lassix, meds, liquids, nutrition |
| Oct. 20 | Dr. G. Ghosh | Vrindaban | After his prescriptions, he left, Dr. Gopal took over |
| Oct. 20 | Dr. K. Gopal | Vrindaban | Eat, drink more; treatment was continued for a week |
| Oct. 22 | Dr. K. Gopal | Vrindaban | Suspected a lung problem, wanted at home X-rays, Tamal rejected |
| Oct. 22 | Ramanuja kaviraja local | Vrindaban | Kidney, digestion; his ideas & his makharadhvaja rejected |
| Oct. 25 | Delhi kaviraja gave makharadhvaja | Vrindaban | Self-treatment, makharadhvaja rejected after 3 doses, diarrhea |
| Oct. 28 | Dr. Damodar Prasad Shastri | Vrindaban | Fresh Ayurvedic Meds to cure kidneys, treatment continued |
| Nov. 1 | Dr. NL Gupta consulted | Vrindaban | Liver problem; prescribed a poison antidote, but not made, given |
| Nov. 7 | Dr. D. P. Shastri returns again | Vrindaban | Kidney problem; new Ayurvedic herbal medicine to make blood |
| Nov. 10 | Sri Ramduttji kaviraja came | Vrindaban | Milk, cough meds, Shastri stays to make fresh medicines |
| Feb. 1978 | Death certificate obtained | Mathura | Heart attack listed; an arbitrary misdiagnosis 3 months later |
At least several other unnamed doctors came, gave misdiagnoses and ineffective treatments.
The total for 1977 was at least forty kavirajas and doctors.
