Mersal controversy: IMA objects to portrayal of doctors in bad light

President of the Indian Medical Association, Tamil Nadu Branch, T.N. Ravisankar said he objected the way doctors had been portrayed in the film.

Amid sparring among political parties in the wake of dialogues criticizing BJP government policies in Vijay-starrer 'Mersal', the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association, disapproved of the representation of doctors in the movie as a whole and government hospitals in particular as "untrue and in cheap taste".

President of the Indian Medical Association, Tamil Nadu Branch, T.N. Ravisankar said he objected the way doctors had been portrayed in the film.

In one of scenes in the movie, Vijay says people go to private hospitals because of government hospitals fail to offer good services. "He also say we use this profession only to make money," Dr Ravishankar said.

The doctors' association asked government doctors to ignore such movies and concentrate on dengue prevention work.

In the movie, SJ Surya plays the role of a an evil, business-minded doctor.

In the film, Vijay, asks why India cannot provide universal health care despite charging a 28% GST, while Singapore, which only charges 7%, could provide free healthcare.

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