TIRESOME look, pale skin, hair loss, high dosage medications and regular hospital visits were some of the most usual things Dr A Muruganathan saw his mother go through when she was diagnosed with cancer in 1999.
Since there weren't any cancer centres in western Tamil Nadu, regular travel to a private hospital in Chennai made things even worse. That is when Muruganathan's brother Sakthivel proposed to create a cancer care hospital for an estimated cost of 60 crore, which was too expensive to afford.
Muruganathan was born in a middle-class family in Coimbatore on June 19, 1951. His journey into the world of medicine was shaped by a personal tragedy and an unwavering commitment to service. The loss of mis father to a heart attack on Sepcember 15, 1976, stirred within mim a deep-seated desire to alleviate the suffering of others and pursue medicine.
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