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Shekhar Suman plans heart hospital
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Indo-Asian News Service
Patna, Aug 29 (IANS) After filmmaker Prakash Jha and Bollywood
actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, now popular talk show
host Shekhar Suman has come up with a
proposal to invest in his home state - Bihar.
Suman has proposed to set up a cardiac hospital in his hometown
here in memory of his son Ayush who died of a heart ailment many
years ago.
The television star confirmed that he has put forward a proposal
to set up an ultra modern heart hospital for children in Patna.
Suman and his doctor father Phani Bhusan
Das were granted instant appointment with Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar Monday night.
After meeting Nitish Kumar, Suman said he had been assured that
the state government would convey its decision on his proposal
within a week. "It is time to give back to
my native place," Suman told newspersons here.
According to him, the chief minister said that the state
government would provide the land and other infrastructure
needed for the hospital.
Suman, who spent his childhood and youth in Patna, said the
proposed hospital would be ultra-modern.
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He said he could not forget the
pain of the death of his minor son, who died of a heart ailment
when he was struggling to establish himself in Mumbai.
He said he would visit Patna regularly now and was proud to be
born in Bihar and of his Bihari roots. "It is an emotional
matter - a matter of the heart," he said.
His father resides in a middle class locality in Patna.
Suman is known for his comic takes on Bihar politicians,
particularly Railway Minister Lalu Prasad..
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