Relying on the deposition by consulting neurologist Dr Omar Malik and consulting respiratory physician Dr John Costello who treated the 52nd Dai in Cromwell Hospital, London, after his stroke, senior defence counsel Janak Dwarkadas informed the Bombay high court that though the Dai had problems swallowing food and speaking, he had responded to queries by the doctors and was alert, coherent and aware of what was happening around him.
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