Hospitals may provide the facilities for treating a patient but in the
ultimate analysis, it is God who really cures. There are innumerable instances
of how Swami intervenes, when the doctor feels that the situation is hopeless.
Here is just one example, an episode narrated by Ravi Mariwala, which proves
the point.
Ravi Mariwala is one of Swami's students; a graduate of the Sri Sathya
Sai Institute of Higher Learning. He holds a Master's degree in Business
Administration. The Super Speciality Hospital in Puttaparthi came into
existence just at the time he was graduating. Many boys, especially with MBA
degrees, volunteered to serve in the hospital, and Ravi was one of them. Ravi
Mariwala operates the Heart-Lung machine, the vital instrument in cardiac
surgery. This is what he had to say:
"A patient being operated for a congenital defect was unable to recover
heart function sufficiently, to come off the heart-lung machine and generate
adequate systemic pressure. We tried everything but nothing seemed to work.
Everyone was beginning to despair. We discussed the matter, rested the heart
again, and added some more drugs. We only failed once more. We were absolutely
helpless. It occurred to me that we had tried everything but prayer.
Prayer for a person not known to me? Would it work? I think that is why
it did.
As I had been in the theatre for five hours already, I was briefly
relieved by a colleague. I came into the corridor outside the theatre and stood
silently for a minute, trying to recollect Sai's face in my mind's eye. I said
a silent prayer for the patient's recovery.
Immediately thereafter, I returned to the theatre. The situation had
changed completely. The blood pressure had improved, and the heart had
recovered! Strangely, no one knew how or why; I did not say anything to anyone.
The incident passed. The patient's recovery was smooth. On the Sunday
that followed, Swami came to me, created vibhuti, put it into my hands and
lovingly said, "This is for the prayer that you said for that patient." He then
proceeded to describe the incident to others. Here was Swami rewarding me for
the miracle.
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