sentences:  In 1964, he was infected with tuberculosis and was admitted to Sarvoday Hospital, Ghatkopar for two months with monetary help of his admirer Pravin Pandya.In 1965, a wealthy person who wanted be poet hired Mareez to write poems in his own pen name "Tabeeb".The book "Dard" was published in September 1966 causing uproar in literary circles and his admirers resulting in its withdrawn from the market.