Actor Vivekh known for his comical roles in Tamil movies passed away at the age 59 due to cardiac arrest at 4:35 AM on Saturday (April 17).
He reportedly fainted while he was talking with his family and was later rushed to the SIMS hospital in Vadapalani, Chennai on April 16.
The actor was admitted in the ICU as his condition was serious. He was placed on ECMO machine, heart-lung by-pass machine that pumps and oxygenates a patient’s blood outside the body.
Doctors said that Vivekh had a 100% blockage in the LAD (left anterior descending artery) vessel which led to a massive cardiac arrest leading to his deaeth.
As news of Vivekh getting admitted to hospital broke out, Dr. Sumanth Raman posted a tweet in which he tried to stoke fears linking the actor suffering a heart attack with him getting vaccinated for COVID on April 15.
In the tweet Sumanth Raman said “If I remember correctly @Actor_Vivek had his #covid vaccine yesterday. Too early to say if there was any link with his illness today. Wishing him a speedy recovery. #vivek”.
After his tweet received backlash, Sumanth put another tweet saying that ‘science is important’.
If I remember correctly @Actor_Vivek had his #covid vaccine yesterday. Too early to say if there was any link with his illness today. Wishing him a speedy recovery. #vivek
— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) April 16, 2021
Now after the passing away of the actor, VCK chief Thol. Thirumavalavan has resorted to stoking fear about vaccination for COVID.
In his social media post, Thirumavalavan said that the demise of the actor ‘has raised many questions’ and added that there is a fear among people as it was after taking the vaccine that the actor fell unconscious. “The government should clarify this. My condolences to the actor”, the Chidambaram MP said in his tweet.
#நடிகர்_விவேக் அவர்களின் மறைவு மிகுந்த வேதனையளிக்கிறது.
அவருடைய மறைவு
பல கேள்விகளுக்கு இடமளிப்பதாக அமைந்துவிட்டது.தடுப்பூசி போட்டதற்குப் பின்னர்தான் அவர் சுயநினைவை இழந்தார் என்பது மக்களிடையே #அச்சத்தை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. இதனை அரசு தெளிவுபடுத்த வேண்டும்.
அவருக்கு எமது அஞ்சலி. pic.twitter.com/SswDq6L5ix— Thol. Thirumavalavan (@thirumaofficial) April 17, 2021
Many lashed out at Thirumavalavan his insensitive and unwarranted tweet at a time when the Central and State governments have been making efforts to vaccinate all people vulnerable to the virus.
@TwitterIndia Flag this misleading tweet on Covid vaccine
— Priya (@Holyhemp1) April 17, 2021
சாவிலும் அரசியல் லாபத்தை மட்டுமே பார்க்கும் இவர்கள் இருவரையும் தேர்ந்தெடுத்த மக்கள்தான் தலை குனியனும் 😠 pic.twitter.com/vRHS3WNBYL
— Thalaivar Darbarᴬᴺᴺᴬᴬᵀᵀᴴᴱ (@Vijayar50360173) April 17, 2021
நடிகர் விவேக் அவர்களின் மரணத்திலும் இழிவான அரசியல் செய்யும் திருமாவளவன் – ஒருவர் மரணத்திலும் கூட அரசியலா? திருமாவளவன் கடந்த மாதமே தடுப்பூசி எடுத்துக்கொண்டார் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
— Pradeep Gunasekaran (@AskPradeepG) April 17, 2021
Scumbag! https://t.co/3WLkapsYY4
— Hariprasad Ramanathaganesan (@TheHariprasad) April 17, 2021
Waiting for a dead body to mindlessly Politocise it.
Plz refrain from fear mongering. https://t.co/PZs5TLTvHB pic.twitter.com/eVwymzpJ03
— Indu Makkal Katchi (Offl) (@Indumakalktchi) April 17, 2021
Shame on him to mislead people. Even after doctors and hospital clarified. Court must punish him. Suspend such people from @verified @TwitterIndia @TwitterSupport https://t.co/Rc95Tk1Zkm
— Gayathri Raguramm (@BJP_Gayathri_R) April 17, 2021
Actor Vivekh had taken the COVID vaccine on April 15 at the Omandurar Government Hospital and urged fellow citizens to come forward and get vaccinated. Both the vaccines approved by the Government of India (COVAXIN and Covishield) are completely safe.
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