In a video posted on S P Balasubrahmanyam’s verified Facebook page, SP Charan slammed rumours surrounding the payment of hospital bills where his father breathed his last.
Charan said the messages being circulated are just “hogwash” and underlined that the family and hospital are being forced to come out on the expenses incurred towards hospital treatment because of “a few people.” Watch the video below:
SP Charan came out with the clarification after messages on WhatsApp said the family of the late legendary singer could not mobilize the money that the hospital asked them to pay and their request went unheeded. The messages also said Deepa Venkat, the daughter of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, had stepped in to pay the bills.
In a statement, Deepa Venkat also termed the messages “factually wrong” and “incorrect.”
“The hospital informed the family of late S P Balasubrahmanyam sir that they need not pay anything further two weeks ago. The hospital has been providing best treatment and has been informing me about the health condition from time to time and at times to father also as S P Balasubrahmanyam sir is close to our family,” she said.
SP Balasubrahmanyam, 74, who recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 languages over a period of five decades, passed away on Friday afternoon in a Chennai hospital. The last rites was performed on Saturday at his farmhouse at Thamaraipakkam near Chennai.