Footballer Priya’s death: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin visits house, allocates compensation of Rs 10 lakh

Taking to social media later, the Tamil Nadu chief minister said Priya’s death is an unbearable grief and it is a huge loss to her family and the state’s sports department. He said the government will provide her family all the required support but it can never compensate for the life that was lost.

கால்பந்தாட்ட வீராங்கனை ப்ரியாவின் மரணம் தாங்க முடியாத துயரம்!

ஏற்றமிகு உயரத்தை எட்டவிருந்த திறமைசாலியான அவரது இழப்பு, அவரது குடும்பத்துக்கும் – நம் மாநில விளையாட்டுத்துறைக்கும் ஏற்பட்ட மாபெரும் இழப்பு! (1/2) pic.twitter.com/w6bMajfsSS

— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) November 17, 2022

Speaking to the reporters, Priya’s family said the chief minister issued orders to provide a new house for them by himself after he came to know that their current house is in very bad shape.

Doctors had to amputate the right of Priya, who was studying B.SC physical education in Chennai, after surgery complications. She was undergoing treatment at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital and her health deteriorated on Monday evening. On Tuesday morning, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian informed the media that the girl died due to multiple organ failures.

After her death, there was widespread outrage in the state and the Opposition blamed the government for the medical negligence.

The two doctors who treated Priya at the Government Peripheral Hospital, Periyar Nagar, were suspended. Health Minister Subramanian said they will initiate departmental inquiry and legal proceedings against them.

Meanwhile, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has called for a report from the Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department over Priya’s death. It has taken a suo motu cognisance of media reports and called for a report within six weeks.