Senior Tollywood actor and Telugu Desam Party legislator from Hindupur constituency Nandamuri Balakrishna has come out with a commendable gesture in memory of his actor-nephew Nandamuri Taraka Ratna, who died of cardiac stroke recently.
Balakrishna announced that poor people who cannot afford treatment for cardio-thoracic ailments would be given treatment free of cost.
“The surgery for patients suffering from cardio-thoracic problems would be performed completely free of cost,” he declared.
This would be done in the name of Taraka Ratna at the hospital Balakrishna has constructed at Hindupur and also at Basavarama Tarakam hospital, Hyderabad.
Balakrishna also named the H-block in the hospital at Hindupur. As Taraka Ratna block, where the surgery and treatment would be provided free of cost.
“No poor should suffer from the disease that claimed my nephew,” he said.
The actor also announced purchase of surgical instruments worth Rs 1.30 crore for the hospital for providing free treatment to the poor.
Besides, children suffering from the disease would be provided medicines free of cost for three months, apart from free meals during the treatment period, a statement from his office said.