Most unfortunately, his precarious health did not improve, on
his return to India. Fevers relapsed and in addition, his wife
recalled that he suffered severe bouts of stomach pain too ["Ramanujan:
The Man and the Mathematician", S.R. Ranganathan, Asia Publishing
House, 1967]. Ramanujan was subject to fits of depression, had
a premonition of his death and was a difficult patient. He spent
3 months in Madras, 2 months in Kodumudi
and 4 months at Kumbakonam. When
his condition showed signs of further deterioration, after great
persuasion, Ramanujan was brought to Madras for expert medical
treatment, in January 1920. Despite all the tender attention he
could get from his wife who nursed him throughout this period,
and the best medical attention from the doctors, his untimely
end came on 26th April 1920, at Chetput, Madras, when Ramanujan
was 32 years, 4 months and 4 days old.
