Baba Amte suffering from blood disorder

8220;At present he is clinically stable. He requires further hospitalisation for a week and after discharge needs life-long treatment of antibiotics and blood transfusion,8221; the press note further said.

When contacted, Dr Mahorkar told The Indian Express, 8220;It is a kind of leukemia in which all kinds of cells like RBCs, WBCs and platelets are formed grossly inadequately.8221;

Over the past few years, 93-year-old Baba had required frequent hospitalisation.

Having been decorated with several awards, including the Damien Dutton, Magsaysay, UN Human Rights, Templeton, Right Livelihood and Gandhi Peace Prize, for his service to leprosy patients, Baba8217;s projects in the backward Chandrapur and Gadchiroli district are well known.