Overview

• He charged a nominal Rs 2 consultation fee and routinely supplied free medicines to patients in financial distress.
• He held pre-dawn clinics that at their peak treated up to 300 people a day and served an estimated 18 lakh patients overall.
• He refused pharmaceutical commissions and corporate partnerships, prescribing only low-cost medications.
• He wound down his clinic in May 2024 after declining health forced him to stop seeing patients.
• Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan described him as “the people’s doctor,” noting that his nominal fees offered immense relief to poor families.