Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal's office lodges complaint against Facebook page
Mr. Balagopal said in a Facebook post that that the admins of the page had posted misleading content related to his hospitalisation in May, 2025 and the medical bill at the Government Medical College Hospitalisation, Thiruvananthapuram.
According to the page, the Minister had claimed a huge sum for just a day's hospitalisation. Mr. Balagopal said he was eligible for seeking medical care in a private hospital, where the bill would have been much higher. Yet, he was being persecuted for depending on the affordable public healthcare system, he said. Mr. Balagopal was hospitalised from May 12 to May 17.
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