TN boy’s dad dies as he gives NEET in Kerala
Suffers Heart Attack After Escorting Son
Vikram Vinod & Sambath Kumar TNN
Kochi/Trichy/Madurai: 07.05.2018
As Thiruvarur native Kasthuri Mahalingam left the hotel to appear for the national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET), he never expected it to be the last time he would see his father Krishnaswamy Srinivasan, 46, alive.
A few minutes later, as Mahalingam took the test, his father passed away after possibly suffering a cardiac arrest at a Kochi hospital where his friend V P Murugaiyan took him. Mahalingam was left undisturbed to complete his exam. It had been his father’s dream to see him become a doctor “Krishnaswamy had complained of chest pain on Saturday night but said he would be fine today. But it worsened and I had to drop his son at the examination centre," said Murugaiyan, the receptionist at Hotel Airlines where the father and son were staying. Murugaiyan was also a close friend of Srinivasan from his native town.
Murugaiyan dropped Mahalingam at the examination centre, Nalanda Public School, at 7am. When he returned, Srinivasan said he wanted to go to a hospital. “We first went to Krishna Hospital but there was no doctor there. Then I rushed him to City Hospital, where medical care was given immediately; but they couldn’t save his life,” he said. The body was shifted to the Ernakulam government hospital’s mortuary.
Meanwhile, unaware of his father’s death, Mahalingam finished the test and came out only to be greeted by officials from the Ernakulam collector’s office who took him to the government hospital. Collector K Mohammed Y Safirulla, who joined midway, told the boy that his father had been admitted to the ICU. It was only after Srinivasan’s relatives reached around 3.30 pm that Mahalingam was informed of his father’s death. The boy was inconsolable as the body was taken in an ambulance arranged by the district authorities after 4pm. Hospital staff said that Srinivasan had hypertension and diabetes and that he had not taken his medication for the past couple of days as he forgot to bring them to Ernakulam and this had probably worsened his condition.
Murugaiyan said Krishnasamy had to sit near the toilet all through his night journey on the train to Ernakulam and he said he had to face such ordeals to see his son become a doctor one day. In fact, Krishnasamy never had second thoughts when it came to helping his son realise his dreams, according to his friends in Tiruvarur.
His son Mahalingam had a similar wish to learn chess a few years ago. Krishnasamy not only encouraged him to pursue his dream but also appointed a dedicated coach for him. Tiruvarur collector L Nirmal Raj who was in constant touch with his counterpart in Ernakulam said that all arrangements had been made to escort Krishnasamy’s body to Thiruvarur at the earliest.
In another incident, a man who accompanied his daughter to the NEET venue at Pasumalai centre in Madurai fainted on the campus and was declared dead at the Government Rajaji Hospital. Police said Kannan,45, of Singampunari in Sivaganga district, ran a lorry service in his hometown.
Kasthuri Mahalingam’s uncle Mani Varnnan consoles him after the NEET exam in Ernakulam on Sunday
Suffers Heart Attack After Escorting Son
Vikram Vinod & Sambath Kumar TNN
Kochi/Trichy/Madurai: 07.05.2018
As Thiruvarur native Kasthuri Mahalingam left the hotel to appear for the national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET), he never expected it to be the last time he would see his father Krishnaswamy Srinivasan, 46, alive.
A few minutes later, as Mahalingam took the test, his father passed away after possibly suffering a cardiac arrest at a Kochi hospital where his friend V P Murugaiyan took him. Mahalingam was left undisturbed to complete his exam. It had been his father’s dream to see him become a doctor “Krishnaswamy had complained of chest pain on Saturday night but said he would be fine today. But it worsened and I had to drop his son at the examination centre," said Murugaiyan, the receptionist at Hotel Airlines where the father and son were staying. Murugaiyan was also a close friend of Srinivasan from his native town.
Murugaiyan dropped Mahalingam at the examination centre, Nalanda Public School, at 7am. When he returned, Srinivasan said he wanted to go to a hospital. “We first went to Krishna Hospital but there was no doctor there. Then I rushed him to City Hospital, where medical care was given immediately; but they couldn’t save his life,” he said. The body was shifted to the Ernakulam government hospital’s mortuary.
Meanwhile, unaware of his father’s death, Mahalingam finished the test and came out only to be greeted by officials from the Ernakulam collector’s office who took him to the government hospital. Collector K Mohammed Y Safirulla, who joined midway, told the boy that his father had been admitted to the ICU. It was only after Srinivasan’s relatives reached around 3.30 pm that Mahalingam was informed of his father’s death. The boy was inconsolable as the body was taken in an ambulance arranged by the district authorities after 4pm. Hospital staff said that Srinivasan had hypertension and diabetes and that he had not taken his medication for the past couple of days as he forgot to bring them to Ernakulam and this had probably worsened his condition.
Murugaiyan said Krishnasamy had to sit near the toilet all through his night journey on the train to Ernakulam and he said he had to face such ordeals to see his son become a doctor one day. In fact, Krishnasamy never had second thoughts when it came to helping his son realise his dreams, according to his friends in Tiruvarur.
His son Mahalingam had a similar wish to learn chess a few years ago. Krishnasamy not only encouraged him to pursue his dream but also appointed a dedicated coach for him. Tiruvarur collector L Nirmal Raj who was in constant touch with his counterpart in Ernakulam said that all arrangements had been made to escort Krishnasamy’s body to Thiruvarur at the earliest.
In another incident, a man who accompanied his daughter to the NEET venue at Pasumalai centre in Madurai fainted on the campus and was declared dead at the Government Rajaji Hospital. Police said Kannan,45, of Singampunari in Sivaganga district, ran a lorry service in his hometown.
Kasthuri Mahalingam’s uncle Mani Varnnan consoles him after the NEET exam in Ernakulam on Sunday
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