Annamalai too writes to Union Minister

Chennai

In a letter to Nirmala Sitharaman, he said the girl child, KS Mithra, is suffering from SMA and doctors recommended the drug Zolgensma, which needs to be imported. “The cost of the drug itself is about Rs 16 crore and duties, GST comes to around Rs 6 crore,” he said. Stating that the girl’s father, who hails from a middle class family, has almost raised the amount with the help of donors, Annamalai said, “I request your esteemed self to consider his prayer on humanitarian grounds and waive off the duties, GST, other taxes, etc., so that the girl child could be saved.