Social activist Anna Hazares personal physician on Saturday advised him to reconsider his maun vrat and suggested complete rest for at least a week following high blood pressure and back pain. According to reports,Hazares physician,Dr K H Sancheti,who examined him this afternoon,said Hazare has also been losing weight. Hazares aides said he has been suffering from high blood pressure for about six months now. It had improved two months ago,so he had stopped taking medicines. But his blood pressure went up in the last two-three days,thats why we called Dr Sancheti, said Dada Pathare,who looks after Hazares correspondence. According to Pathare,Hazares blood pressure was 150-100 on Saturday. When asked if the recent controversies surrounding Team Anna could have affected his health,Sanjay Pathade,another Anna aide,said: High blood pressure is a chronic problem with Annaji. I havent seen him worried or thinking excessively. On Thursday,Hazare had blogged that he would continue his vow of silence. Hazare did not attend the core committee meeting in Ghaziabad on Saturday. Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan are scheduled to visit Ralegan Siddhi on Sunday.
