Actor Ganja Karuppu stages protest at Porur Hospital over absence of doctors

Chennai: In a major turn of events, Popular Tamil film actor Kanja Karuppu who is known for playing comedic roles, sparked a commotion at the Porur Government Hospital in Chennai on Tuesday. He staged a protest after patients were left waiting for hours without receiving any medical attention.

As per the news reports, the incident unfolded when patients, who had arrived early in the morning around 7 am for treatment, found no doctors available to attend to them.

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In a social media post on X, a user reports that Actor Kanja Karuppu has accused the Porur Greater Chennai Corporation’s urban community health hospital of not having any doctors available. He also stated that an elderly woman, who was in a life-threatening condition, had to be transferred to another hospital. This led to an argument between Kanja Karuppu and the hospital staff.

Frustrated with the situation and concerned for the well-being of the patients, the actor decided to take matters into his own hands and raised his voice against the apparent negligence. His demonstration brought attention to the struggles of ordinary people who rely on government hospitals for their healthcare needs.

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Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that demanding better medical facilities and specialist doctors, activists from the Asomiya Yuva Manch (AYM) staged a protest in front of Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital (LMCH). The protesters carried banners and shouted slogans against the Assam government, blaming it for failing to improve the hospital's condition and its medical infrastructure. According to AYM General Secretary Anupam Saikia, LMCH, which opened its doors to medical aspirants, doctors, and the public in 2022 lacks specialists in critical areas like neurology, cardiology, neurosurgery, urology, and nephrology.