Comfort wheels for celebrities and their families facing bereavement and battling a health crisis
P.R.M.M. Shanthakumar, owner of Flying Squad Ambulance Service, provides high-end funeral and mortuary services for high-profile figures in Tamil Nadu. He is currently partnering with the Greater Chennai Corporation to develop air-conditioned facilities for funeral rituals at local burial grounds.
Why it matters
The article highlights the intersection of private enterprise and public infrastructure in managing sensitive end-of-life services for public figures and the general population.
One can pass up an occasion for banqueting, but not an opportunity to be of help to someone facing bereavement or is up against a health crisis, their own or a family member’s. In bereavement and health crisis that draw the attention of the wider world because of the personalities involved, P.R.M.M. Shanthakumar has made his presence felt from time to time. His company, Flying Squad Ambulance Service, which offers emergency medical, mortuary and funeral services through its fleet of vehicles, some of them massively high-end, has been called on for assistance during loss and suffering involving big names.
The article is a straightforward report on a local business owner's services and his partnership with a municipal corporation without political or ideological framing.
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