A peoples’ doctor is no more
CHENNAI, OCTOBER 05, 2018 00:00 IST
Dr. Jaganmohan
Hundreds turn up to pay respects to the physician
The last rites of Dr. Jaganmohan, who charged only Rs. 20 from his patients, were performed at the Besant Nagar crematorium on Thursday.
Hundreds of people turned up to pay their last respects to the 77-year-old doctor, who saw medicine as a service and not as business.
On hearing the news of his death on Wednesday, a steady stream of people from Mylapore, Mandaveli, R.A. Puram and other parts of the city started visiting his Chandra Clinic, on R.K. Mutt Road.
Posters announcing his death were put up in several localities of Mandaveli and R.A. Puram by Mylai Vazh Makkal.
Regina Mary, a resident of R.A. Puram, said the doctor was a saviour of her family as three generations, including her father, herself and her son, had visited him whenever they were ill.
Hailing from a village in Tirunelveli district, the doctor came to the city with his parents and finished his bachelors degree in Pachaiyappa’s College. He joined a private medical company in Mumbai, but quit it later to return and join the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital.
Nominal fee
He started a clinic in the name of his wife Chandra in his own house at Mandaveli in 1975, charging patients as little as Rs. 1 and Rs. 2.
Later, he hiked his fee to Rs. 5 and Rs. 10. The highest he charged was Rs. 20.
Sometimes, he took whatever the patient could afford, while at other times he treated the poor for free.
DMK president M.K. Stalin condoled the death of the peoples’ doctor, who treated about 300 people daily for a nominal fee.
CHENNAI, OCTOBER 05, 2018 00:00 IST
Dr. Jaganmohan
Hundreds turn up to pay respects to the physician
The last rites of Dr. Jaganmohan, who charged only Rs. 20 from his patients, were performed at the Besant Nagar crematorium on Thursday.
Hundreds of people turned up to pay their last respects to the 77-year-old doctor, who saw medicine as a service and not as business.
On hearing the news of his death on Wednesday, a steady stream of people from Mylapore, Mandaveli, R.A. Puram and other parts of the city started visiting his Chandra Clinic, on R.K. Mutt Road.
Posters announcing his death were put up in several localities of Mandaveli and R.A. Puram by Mylai Vazh Makkal.
Regina Mary, a resident of R.A. Puram, said the doctor was a saviour of her family as three generations, including her father, herself and her son, had visited him whenever they were ill.
Hailing from a village in Tirunelveli district, the doctor came to the city with his parents and finished his bachelors degree in Pachaiyappa’s College. He joined a private medical company in Mumbai, but quit it later to return and join the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital.
Nominal fee
He started a clinic in the name of his wife Chandra in his own house at Mandaveli in 1975, charging patients as little as Rs. 1 and Rs. 2.
Later, he hiked his fee to Rs. 5 and Rs. 10. The highest he charged was Rs. 20.
Sometimes, he took whatever the patient could afford, while at other times he treated the poor for free.
DMK president M.K. Stalin condoled the death of the peoples’ doctor, who treated about 300 people daily for a nominal fee.
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