Shashi Tharoor speaks at IMA Conference in Trivandrum (Kerala), refers to Sunanda death

Shashi Tharoor obliquely referred to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death while speaking at the IMA Medicine Millennium conference at the Samudra/Udaya Samudra hotel in Trivandrum today (Nov 8). This years IMA conference was held in Kerala in the famous kovalam beach that attracts thousands of tourists every year.

Tharoor referred to his wife’s death while speaking on the topic of medical ethics to the audience of doctors who had gathered for the annual IMA conference in trivandrum. This is one of the first times that Shashi Tharoor has referred to his wife’s death since her passing away amidst much controversy this year.

Shashi tharoor was speaking while inaugurating the main IMA meet, where Shrimathi teacher also spoke at length on the importance of public health systems to be valued in private hospitals also. She told the assembled IMA delegates that it is important that they focus on treatment, they should also focus on prevention.

While he diplomatically lashed out at the way the death was handled, he did not directly refer to the hospital (AIIMS) or the forensic specialist behind the report  at any time.

He used the words ‘ media circus’ while referring to the incident and also had some harsh words for the kind of doctoring of forensic reports that he alleged had gone on in relation to the details of his wifes death. He referred to the forensic specialist who doctored the report as a plagarist and also said that the person continues to remain in the same position despite this unethical event.

He said that his understanding of such ethics came from ‘personal experience’ and also pondered aloud that if it happened to a fairly well known individual, that how it would similar things may happen to the average citizen.

Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in her hotel room in Delhi, which turned into a major controversy, with the then opposition BJP asking for Tharoors head.