Just like in the case of Jayalalithaa, SPB’s hospital stay
has put to work the photoshop experts and scriptwriters in the guise of sources
to put out several interesting happenings that are taking place in the ICU
where the singer is taking treatment. From photos of SPB showing thumbs up with
ventilator on him and clicked through a glass window of the door to doctors
playing his own songs to him as part of treatment has already been put out. The
new version of the Pentecostal method of treatment pitch reached a stage where
you expect SPB to come out singing Oruvan Oruvan Muthalali and riding out in a
horse carriage from MGM Healthcare to his T Nagar house. To put some cold water
on it -"Thanks a lot for all your concern and enquiries about my father's
health. He is in ICU under ventilation. His condition is stable. Don't believe
rumours. We will keep you updated about his progress regularly. Thanks
again," SPB's son Charan stated. SPB sister Shylaja explained her
late reaction to her not seeing TV as it is full of negativity and not buying
newspapers. She said brother is better.
SPB has been at the receiving end of rumours. A Telugu website
FilmNagar or something named similar said singer S Janaki passed away. He
phoned the house and her son picked the phone and SPB did not see any sign of
grief in the voice. A red faced SPB put out a video blasting such rumour
mongers. Some time back , I think three years back , his younger sister Girija passed away and he had to postpone his commitments. Soon ,
rumours started making rounds on his health, citing his health as the reason
for cancelling his commitments. Pained and irritated by those rumours, SP Balu
took to Facebook to clarify on his health and also tell the reason for
cancelling his programmes. Celebrities do fall prey to such baseless rumours.
Balu didn’t like the way his visits to doctors and cancellation of his
commitments were interpreted as being critically ill. He was then busy shooting for the next episodes for of his television shows.
Now, a report on a entertainment website has claimed a source
from the hospital has told them that his
songs are being played as part of the ongoing therapy for Covid-19. The website
said -To bring down the stress level and depression, his hit songs are played in
wards of the hospital. The hospital is playing a mix of romantic, philosophical
and religious songs sung by him at the ward where he is being treated. It has
to be noted that music therapy is adopted by many hospitals for the speedy
recovery of the patients, it added However, the International Business Times
could not independently verify the claims by the report in the article.
Medicines are
administered orally, injected into the veins or the muscles. Music has a more
direct experience on the brain and body. It calms the patients. Also, when
patients are told that they will regain consciousness within 36 hours of
surgery, those who have undergone music therapy have been known to wake up in
the 35th hour. Such is the impact,” said Dr Mythili, who has also written a book
on the subject ‘The power of music. She learnt music therapy from Dr.
Balamuralikrishna. However the therapy is not playing hit songs as the method.
“We use only
Carnatic instrumental music for therapy as we have noticed the frequencies of
the notes have a certain impact on the human mind. Deep research into the
subject has also shown that pregnant women who were exposed music therapy ended
up having more intelligent children. And when it comes to pain relief, music
has a profound impact on the body’s pain receptors... boosting the influence of
pain relief drugs,” said Dr Mythili, a disciple of Balamurali-krishna since
1977.
Brings to mind the photos of Jayalalithaa taken in Apollo Hospital and ministers giving news that AMMA asked for idlis for breakfast and poriddge rice for dinner. The thumbs up photo on Twitter was uploaded by comedian Manobala as a part of laughter therapy for the grieving fans, I guess.
SPB had expressed his displeasure in him not allowed to take selfies with PM at a dinner meet as his phone was handed over to security and B'Town stars were allowed to carry and take selfies. Now I expect BJP to arrange for a video conf between Modi - SPB.
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