What advice did Sai Baba give to Amir Shakkar for his rheumatism, and what were the conditions of the place he was told to stay?

When Amir Shakkar narrated his illness of rheumatism to Sai Baba and prayed for deliverance, Baba's remedy was for him to stay steadily in the Chavadi. As described in Chapter 22, this place was far from comfortable. The Chavadi was an old, dilapidated building where lizards and poisonous scorpions lived freely. It was also occupied by lepers and dogs, filled with garbage and seventeen knee-deep holes in the back. The environment was characterized by dampness from below, rain from above, and a constant chaos of wind and cold, making it a very miserable place to reside.