Thiruvananthapuram: Senior surgeon Dr Haris Chirakkal, who drew widespread attention by highlighting deficiencies in the govt medical college hospitals during the previous LDF govt’s tenure, welcomed state govt’s latest initiative to reduce overcrowding and end the practice of patients being made to lie on hospital floors.In a social media post, Chirakkal praised health minister K…
T’puram: The state govt will mobilise CSR funds, in addition to budgetary allocations, to improve infrastructure in govt hospitals, health minister K Muraleedharan said while unveiling the health department’s 50-day progress report.Launching the report, titled Fifty Remarkable Days of the Health Department, at the Govt Medical College here on Saturday, the minister said the department…
No new Nipah cases have been reported in Kozhikode district and no fresh contacts have been added to the surveillance list, Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan said on Monday. In a statement, the minister said the Nipah patient undergoing treatment at the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital remains on ventilator support. The second dose of…
Thiruvananthapuram: Health minister K Muraleedharan has said that so far there is no evidence of Nipah virus spreading beyond the reported case, adding that all test results received to date have been negative.The minister stated that the condition of the patient currently on ventilator support remains the same and health authorities are closely monitoring the…
Kerala Health Minister K. Muraleedharan | Photo Credit: K Ragesh With seasonal outbreaks of infectious diseases expected to rise, the Kerala government has directed the Health authorities to ensure that pre-monsoon preparedness activities are carried out without any disruptions, Health Minister K. Muraleedharan said on Monday. The Director of Health Services (DHS) and the Director…
