Purple Day In Tiruchirapalli (Trichy)

Tiruchirapalli,
Mar 24: Tamil
Nadu Khadhi
and village
Industries
Minister T P
Poonatchi
flagged off the
Purple Day-
Epilepsy
Awareness
Rally at Annal
Gandhi
Memorial
Hospital
attached to the
Dr K A P
Viswanatham
Government
Medical
College
Hospital here
today, to
create
awareness on
epilepsy, as
apart of the
purple day
celeberations.
Speaking on
the occassion,
Purple Day
Ambassador
and Professor
of Neurology,
Dr M A Aleem
said, epilepsy
affected over
65 million
people across
the World. In
India, 6 in
1000 were
affected by
epilepsy. 'Our
people were
having more
misconception
s about
epilepsy and it
is the prime
duty of every
body to
remove
various
misconception
s about
epilepsy', he
added. Former
Ministers M
Paranjothi, N R
Sivapathy,
Chief
Government
whip R
Manoharan,
Hospital Dean
Dr karthikeyan
and others