Death of two Chief Ministers in two different hospitals at two different periods of time- A study in contrast

Recently, I stumbled  on a message reported by Dr S. Krishnamurthi (1919-2010), the then Director of the Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai  on the death of Dr C.N. Annadurai, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who was admitted there for treatment of his cancer where he breathed his last on 06 February 1969.

                  

                             

    Source: 60 years Cancer Institute (WIA)- 1954-2014

This message,  honest and transparent, reflected the honesty of the medical team that attended on the Late Chief Minister Shri Annadurai, and the quality of governance in the State at all levels, particularly when it came to the sentiments of the people of the State.

Fast Forward ---2016-18

Against this background, even after a year since admission of Ms Jayalalithaa, late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in the Apollo Hospital on 22 September 2016 who reportedly died on 5 Dec 2016, news after news with one controversy after another controversy keep coming out in the media. The latest one from the Dr Pratap Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals is the one that has taken the controversies to the new level. 

Jaya's health was critical when brought to Apollo, details suppressed to control peoples' emotion, says Dr Prathap C Reddy By Express News Service  |   Published: 16th December 2017 04:25 PM  |   CHENNAI: The press statements about former CM J Jayalalithaa's health after she was admitted to Apollo hospital were issued keeping in mind the law and order situation, according to founder chairman of Apollo Hospitals Dr Prathap C Reddy. "She was very close to everybody's heart. The advice to the doctors was 'Please don't say that she is serious because you will not be able to control the emotions of the people'," said Reddy while addressing a press conference here on Saturday. He said he has clarified the same on multiple instances before. Reddy said that he cannot reveal more as an inquiry by Commission constituted under Justice A Arumughaswamy is going on. To a query on whether he received any summons by the inquiry commission, Reddy said, "I have not. I don't know if my doctors have." He maintained that the team provided the best treatment for the late CM. Yesterday, the Hospitals' Vice-Chairperson Preetha Reddy told a private Tamil channel in New Delhi that the former CM of Tamil Nadu was brought to the hospital in a breathless state and that she was given adequate treatment and recovered from it.

Lies, canard, bluff, deceit, perjury, obliquity etc., etc., and a host of synonyms for the word ‘LIE’ that can fit all the expressions made by those whose words were supposed to be considered as ‘truth and nothing but truth’.

People of Tamil Nadu feel cheated by the mis-information from Apollo Hospital, Sasikala and her team, the government officials during the period before and after the hospitalisation, the political class particularly the AIADMK  whose leaders who made claims and counter-claims about the health of their Leader in not telling the truth at any time. 

What a fall from the grace for the people of this State, Tamil Nadu!