--- On Sun, 6/28/09, J. Colaco < jc> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> re #3; The death was following an acute (sudden) event. The
> term "heart failure" is too general, but this is not the forum
> for a discussion on that topic.
>
I had heard many years ago as a medical student that Nehru died from a ruptured
aortic aneurysm, the existence of which his personal physician, the eminent
cardiologist Rustom Jal Vakil was aware of, and was courageous enough to tell
him long before his death. I have not been able to confirm this through any
authentic source. The official position is that he died of a stroke. Vakil also
knew that Muhammed Ali Jinnah was suffering from lung cancer. But he kept it a
secret because of patient-physician confidentiality. I have been able to
confirm the latter through the medical literature.
Cheers,
Santosh
