Nanavati hospital authorities, where poet and activist Varavara Rao has been admitted following high court directives, said his preliminary tests were being conducted. While the hospital authorities refused to comment on Rao's condition, a source said he is suffering from a urinary tract infection and has symptoms of dementia. "The urologists and neurologists treating him will know better after the preliminary investigation is complete," said the source. Rao's family will be flying into the city to meet him at Nanavati Hospital on Friday.

Rao's family members, who will be meeting him after several months, alleged that Taloja jail authorities had not taken him to the hospital for follow up visits since his discharge from Nanavati Hospital on August 27.