CHENNAI: Singer Kalpana Raghavendar, who was under treatment for a medicine overdose, got discharged from the hospital recently. On Tuesday, Kalpana held a presser in Chennai and expressed her agony and pain over media propagating disinformation about her personal life.

Kalpana:

“The reason that I’m alive is because of my husband. The news that came about my husband and children pained me a lot. I am grateful to god for giving me them in my life. While talking to my husband on a video call, I suddenly felt sleep overpowering me. I went into a slumber because of the medicine overdose.

My husband suddenly suspected something was wrong as I failed to pick up the call later. An alarm was raised and I was rushed to the hospital. It was because of his timely intervention that I escaped death. The news reports that tarnished him were abominable and hurt me a lot.

At this age, I am studying various courses including PhD and LLB. Apart from this, I am also interested in music. Due to high stress, I have not been able to sleep properly for several years. When I sought treatment, the doctor asked me to take medicine. I couldn't sleep even after taking eight pills. I resorted to taking more to get some good sleep. At one stage, I even lost count of the pills I took.”

Kalpana was hospitalized after taking an overdose of sleeping pills. Reports later emerged that she attempted suicide due to a dispute within the family.