It was Dasara in the year 1988. Swami was giving a discourse in the Poornachandra Auditorium. Being a part of the Vedam group, I was sitting behind Swami. During His discourse Swami suddenly stopped and started waving His hands in a ‘go away’ gesture to somebody in front of Him, invisible to us. We students looked at each other puzzled. Then Swami went down the steps, where we saw Brigadier S.K. Bose had fallen from his chair. There was some commotion. Swami slapped Brig. Bose’s shoulder thrice and told him to get up and then he became conscious again.

Swami then returned to the stage and continued His discourse. An engineer by profession, Swami had given him the responsibility of constructing the SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, later.

Much later we came to know through Brig. Bose that he had in fact passed away that day and he saw that the celestial Garuda himself had come to take his soul to heaven. But Swami by His gesture sent Garuda away and re-instilled life back into Brig. Bose’s body.

I have quoted this incident here because on many occasions we do not understand why Swami does something or why He is creating a situation in our lives. In such situations, don’t think from your mind, think from your heart. Our Guru, our Swami, is the creator Himself. Every act of His has a deep meaning, so let us just surrender to Him.

A one - y e a r - old boy was brought to the hospital with a defect in the upper lip as well as the roof of the mouth since birth. The child was not able to suckle properly due to the deformity. Nor he could drink any liquid without regurgitating from the nose. In the first surgery the upper lip and the front portion were corrected. Later a second surgery was performed. In this surgery the gap in the roof of the mouth, which has the teeth -bearing bone was repaired.

According to Dr. D.V. Raghav Reddy, the Head of Department of Plastic Surgery at SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, the palate was repaired using a special method known as the Palate Push Back Repair method. Using the method helps in better recovery of speech to the child. “I also advise parents who have children with similar deformities to never delay in getting the surgery done. The early the surgery, better the chances of good speech recovery,” Dr Reddy Said. As with all treatment at Bhagawan Baba’s hospital, this treatment was also provided totally free of charge.