{"id":5639,"date":"2020-06-10T06:06:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T06:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=5639"},"modified":"2020-06-12T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:45:28","slug":"j-anbazhagan-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=5639","title":{"rendered":"J Anbazhagan, politician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

J Anbazhagan, a MLA from India\u2019s Tamil Nadu who had tested positive for coronavirus, died in a hospital in Chennai in the morning of June 10, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anbazhagan, 61, a DMK MLA, was admitted to hospital on June 2 over “severe acute respiratory distress” and had tested positive for COVID-19 at the time, reported NDTV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was put on ventilator support on June 3 when his breathing trouble worsened. He was fighting acute pneumonia and his condition deteriorated on Monday evening, according to Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, where he was being treated, highlighted NDTV\u2019s J Sam Daniel Stalin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His cardiac function dropped and a chronic kidney disease also contributed to his critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the private hospital said: “The COVID 19 pneumonia rapidly deteriorated early this morning. In spite of full medical support including mechanical ventilation at our COVID facility he succumbed to his illness.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anbazhagan was the first big political leader to die of coronavirus in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Minister E Palaniswami and DMK chief MK Stalin have condoled the politician’s death. Mr Stalin has announced three-day mourning with the DMK flag at half-mast. All party events have also been called off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A staunch DMK loyalist and a good organiser, Anbazhagan was active in the party’s community outreach amid the lockdown. Mr Stalin said: “How will I forget Anbazhagan, who died contracting the virus, dedicating himself for public life. My dear brother Anbazhagan\u2026 when will I see you again”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NDTV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J Anbazhagan, a MLA from India\u2019s Tamil Nadu who had tested positive for coronavirus, died in a hospital in Chennai in the morning of June 10, 2020. Anbazhagan, 61, a DMK MLA, was admitted to hospital on June 2 over “severe acute respiratory distress” and had tested positive for COVID-19 at the time, reported NDTV. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[47,3,7019],"tags":[6945,1051,113,6237],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/J-Anbazhagan.jpeg?fit=900%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11410,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11410","url_meta":{"origin":5639,"position":0},"title":"H Vasanthakumar, politician","date":"August 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"H Vasanthakumar, Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari who had tested positive for the coronavirus, died on August 28, 2020. The 70-year old leader was admitted to an Apollo Hospital in Chennai on August 10 with a coronavirus infection. He was in critical condition after contracting severe pneumonia and had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "High Profilers"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11469,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11469","url_meta":{"origin":5639,"position":1},"title":"Jayanta Naskar, politician","date":"June 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Trinamool Congress MLA Jayanta Naskar passed away in a hospital in Kolkata on June 19. He was 73. The MLA had tested positive for Covid-19 in May, but had been declared COVID-19\u00a0 negative in another test conducted on June 18.\u00a0 The Gosaba MLA was initially treated at the state-run MR\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "India"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jayanta-Naskar.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10248,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=10248","url_meta":{"origin":5639,"position":2},"title":"Mahender Yadav, politician","date":"July 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Mahender Yadav -- a former MLA serving jail sentence in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case died due to COVID-19 at a hospital in the Indian state of Delhi, officials reportedly said on July 5, 2020. He was the second inmate of Mandoli prison to have succumbed to the infection, news\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "India"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10462,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=10462","url_meta":{"origin":5639,"position":3},"title":"Tapan Ghosh, politician","date":"July 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Tapan Ghosh, the former RSS leader who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital on July 12, 2020. Tapan Ghosh, 67, was the founder of Hindu Samhati group. He was admitted to a private hospital a week before after he tested positive for COVID-19. \"Tapan-da passed away this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "High Profilers"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8911,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=8911","url_meta":{"origin":5639,"position":4},"title":"Tamonash Ghosh, politician","date":"June 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Tamonash Ghosh, India\u2019s Trinamool Congress legislator, passed away on June 24, 2020, due to Covi-19-related complications. Ghosh, who tested positive for COVID-19, was undergoing treatment at a private health facility in Kolkata. The 60-year-old three-time MLA is survived by wife and two daughters. Mr. Ghosh represented Falta Assembly constituency in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "High Profilers"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11574,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11574","url_meta":{"origin":5639,"position":5},"title":"Arun Dey, Politician","date":"August 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Former Balasore MLA and a firebrand leader Arun Dey passed away at a private hospital here on Monday at the age of 75. He was undergoing treatment for post Covid complications. Dey was admitted the Balasore district headquarters hospital after he suffered from cold and complained of difficulty in breathing.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "India"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arun-Dey.jpg?fit=1024%2C752&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5641,"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5639\/revisions\/5641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}