Bengaluru: Amidst circulating speculations regarding the untimely demise of Kannada film actor Vijay Raghavendra's wife, Spandana, film actor Meghana Raj has made a fervent appeal to the public to refrain from perpetuating unfounded rumors. Reports suggesting that Spandana suffered a heart attack due to rapid weight loss had been circulating, causing distress to the grieving family.

Meghana Raj, addressing the media after paying her respects to Spandana at her father BK Shivaram's residence, implored, “Vijay Raghavendra and Spandana are close to us. The family and the doctors who treated Spandana are well aware of the reason for her death, please do not spread rumors and false information on news channels and social media. Remember to respect the deceased soul.”

Sundar Raj, the father of Meghana Raj, also shared his concerns with the media, emphasizing, “Spandana's family is bereaved and overcoming the pain of separation. Under such circumstances, forcing them to also face fake news about Spandana would be unjust.”

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New Delhi, Nov 23: Cancer patients should not delay or stop their treatment by following unproven remedies, oncologists at Tata Memorial Hospital said after former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu claimed at a presser that his wife Navjot Kaur defeated stage 4 cancer with dietary and lifestyle changes.

In a statement posted on X, the Director of Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr C S Pramesh, said, "Parts of the video imply that starving the cancer by not eating dairy products and sugar, consuming haldi (turmeric) and neem helped cure her 'incurable' cancer."

These comments have no high quality evidence to support them, the statement signed by 262 oncologists from the Tata Memorial Hospital, both past and present, said.

While research is going on for some of these products, currently there is no clinical data to recommend their use as anti-cancer agents, it added.

"We urge the public to not delay their treatment by following unproven remedies, but rather to consult a doctor, preferably a cancer specialist, if they have any symptoms of cancer. Cancer is curable if detected early and proven treatments for cancer include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy," read the statement issued in "public interest".

Posting a clip of from Sidhu's press conference on X, Dr Pramesh said, "Please don't believe and get fooled by these statements regardless of who it comes from. These are unscientific and baseless recommendations. She got surgery and chemotherapy that were evidence based which is what made her cancer-free. Not the haldi, neem etc."