Actor and stand-up comedian Raju Srivastava has been admitted to AIIMS hospital in Delhi. On 10 August, the comedian suffered a heart attack and underwent angioplasty surgery.
His business manager Nayan Soni informed a media outlet that Raju's condition is improving, and he is even responding to treatment and medication. According to him, Raju can now move some body parts while he is still on a ventilator. According to the doctor, Raju is expected to regain consciousness after a week.
According to reports, Amitabh Bachchan sent an audio message to Raju Srivastava, who is on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. Doctors advise that listening to the voice of your loved ones will speed up their recovery.
As part of his wish for Raju Srivastava's speedy recovery, Amitabh Bachchan sent him a video message saying, "It's enough Raju. Rise up Raju, and keep teaching us all to laugh."
Despite Raju's unconscious state, Big B's message was played to him on the advice of his doctors, who suggested that listening to a loved one's voice might speed up his recovery. Upon learning of Raju's condition, Amitabh decided to send an audio message to the comedian [1].
When a person is in a coma, they are unconscious and cannot communicate with their environment. They cannot speak, and their eyes are closed [2]. Despite this, the brain of a coma patient can continue to function. It may be able to detect/hear sounds in the environment, such as footsteps approaching or a voice speaking.
Let's look at how we can measure brain activity in comatose patients and how the brains of coma patients respond to sounds.
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"We saw changes in the blood oxygen level in their brain regions associated with retrieving long-term memory and understanding language," Pape said. "That means they were using those regions of their brains."
"We believe hearing those stories in parents' and siblings' voices exercises the parts of the brain responsible for long-term memories," said lead author Theresa Pape [6].
The studies on how the sound of a loved one can influence the brain of a comatose patient say that there is a need for medical doctors to be able to determine which coma patients are likely to awaken from their comas. Patients' families will also benefit from this information, as it will assist them in providing the best treatment possible.