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Mrs. R Farnandes of Nambhai Manji, No 5, A.I.J road, Mahim, Bombay is a Catholic who prays with devotion to Mary. Her son Anthony was in the II year B.Sc in 1981. He started getting headache and fever. They tried several doctors but the fever did not subside. Even after two weeks, he was getting fever on alternate days. The boy’s urine, blood and chest X-ray were taken for examination. The report in the X-ray showed a slight patch in the chest. Medicine for this was taken, but there was no relief. The boy was afraid to take bath as that would result in shivering and more fever. Then Mrs Fernandes remembere the Homeopathy doctor Mr. Chaudhuri, a Sai devotee, who had cured her of an ailment earlier, when no other doctor had done so.
Mr. Chauduri examined all the reports, and suggested to do sputum test to find out if there is a symptom of T.B. Mr Chauduri said, patting the boy, “Do the sputum test and show it to the doctor who examined you earlier. If he cannot give you medicine for this, then I will give you medicine by invoking the name of Sai Baba.” The little words “By the name of Sai Baba, I will give you medicine” was ringing in her ears, while she returned home with her boy. That very day she told her son, to take bath by the name of Sai Baba. Though the boy was afraid to take bath, he took it, by invoking Sai Baba’s name. Mrs. Fernandes feared that something terrible would happen to her son that night and she got up thrice to see his condition. But the boy was fast asleep. He got up the next morning feeling better and quite refreshed. They stopped all medicines and kept watch on him for the relapse of the fever. He was free from fever. On the fourth day there was a knock on their door. A poor man was at the door. A part of his sleeve was torn and he had blue shinning eyes. He asked her, “sister give me one white shirt.”
Mrs. Fernandes had a white shirt with her, which she thought was little too big for the poor man. So she thought of altering that shirt and giving it to the poor man. She said, “I shall give you next time when you visit us.” She however went inside to give him some coin, but when she returned he had left. He was not to be found anywhere in and around the place. The “poor man” could not be seen again. After the sputum test the allopathic doctor had given the boy medicine for a week and had asked him to report to him after that.
The medicines however were not taken but the boy went to the doctor for examination. The doctor was surprised to find that the previous symptoms had disappeared and prescribed only B complex tablets. He even advised not to take the earlier prescribed medicine. Mrs. Fernandes went to Mr Chauduri’s clinic and related all that had happened. He told her “Mrs Fernandes, Sai Baba can work lots of miracles, if you keep faith in Him.”