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"He is showing a slight improvement today but his condition remains critical," the foundation said on its Internet site. "He reacted to some stimuli and doctors detected movement in an arm and a foot."
His English wife, Anne Perry, told Spanish National Radio that her husband had shown signs of consciousness.
"He has been capable of understanding some orders from the doctors and of making his son understand that he is able to hear," she said.
Ferrer, a former Jesuit, has been working in India for 55 years. In 1969 he founded the nongovernmental organisation which bears his name.
His foundation is active in many villages in Anantapur, one of the poorest districts in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
According to the foundation's Internet site, at the end of 2007 the NGO had taken charge of the education of more than 120,000 children, and helped more than 60,000 women and 15,000 handicapped people.
Ferrer was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of civil merit at the end of last year by the government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. He received Spain's top distinction, the Prince of Asturias Concorde prize in 1988.
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His English wife, Anne Perry, told Spanish National Radio that her husband had shown signs of consciousness.
"He has been capable of understanding some orders from the doctors and of making his son understand that he is able to hear," she said.
Ferrer, a former Jesuit, has been working in India for 55 years. In 1969 he founded the nongovernmental organisation which bears his name.
His foundation is active in many villages in Anantapur, one of the poorest districts in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
According to the foundation's Internet site, at the end of 2007 the NGO had taken charge of the education of more than 120,000 children, and helped more than 60,000 women and 15,000 handicapped people.
Ferrer was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of civil merit at the end of last year by the government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. He received Spain's top distinction, the Prince of Asturias Concorde prize in 1988.
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