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Hindustan Times
02-07-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Medical equipment issues in college resolved after creating controversy: Govt doctor
Thiruvananthapuram, A senior government doctor who recently claimed shortage of surgical equipment and delays in procedures at the state-run Medical College Hospital here, on Wednesday said that the issues were resolved quickly only after he highlighted them publicly. Medical equipment issues in college resolved after creating controversy: Govt doctor Dr Haris Chirakkal at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital, also questioned whether creating a controversy was the only way to resolve such issues. The doctor, in a Facebook post, had recently said that the shortage of essential medical equipment had led to the postponement of surgeries and had alleged that repeated assurances from authorities had failed to resolve the issue, leaving patients in severe pain waiting for timely treatment. On Wednesday, while speaking to reporters here, he said that a file related to one of the equipment was pending at the Collectorate for around two months, but was quickly processed after his FB post. Another equipment was delivered at the hospital amidst the ongoing enquiry in connection with his revelations, he added. "How were these resolved so quickly when I created an issue over it? How did these things move so fast after being delayed for months? So, things will be resolved only if an issue is created?" he asked. At the same time, he admitted that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was right when he said that such revelations, when highlighted in the wrong way, could unintentionally misrepresent the larger picture. "He is a sincere government employee, free of corruption and deeply committed to his duty. Despite this, he has now inadvertently become the reason for misrepresenting what is arguably the best healthcare system in India. It is unclear whether this was his intention. Still, this incident should serve as a lesson for all of us," Vijayan had said a day ago at an event in Kannur. Responding to queries from reporters about what the CM had said, the doctor conceded that what he had said "would cause some damage to the health sector." He said that his intention was to ensure the shortage of equipment is resolved and he neither wanted the health department or the hospitals under it to be blamed nor did he want protests against them. "Such things would lead to what I said being misunderstood. What I want is that red-tapism and bureaucratic delays be avoided," he said. Dr Chirakkal further said that despite the CM's remarks, he has a lot of respect for Vijayan. The doctor also said that he had expected some opposition to what he had said, but everyone, irrespective of party leanings, told him that what he said was correct. Meanwhile, an editorial in the CPI mouthpiece, Deshabhimani, said that what the doctor said had caused a lot of misunderstanding, but the health department intervened quickly and resolved the issue. A committee has been appointed to investigate the cause of the situation and to recommend steps to prevent it from happening in the future, it said. It alleged that the opposition was trying to gain political mileage out of the issue by spreading the news that the public health sector in the state was having problems. The editorial said that pointing out mistakes and trying to correct them was fine, but it was different from trying to harm the government in the name of some shortcomings. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
The Hindu
25-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
India going through undeclared Emergency now, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday (June 25, 2025) claimed that the country is going through an undeclared Emergency as the "Sangh Parivar government" is trying to do away with the Constitution. Mr. Vijayan made the allegation in a Facebook post in which he described the Emergency declared by the then-Indira Gandhi government in 1975 as "the darkest chapter in the history of Indian democracy." The CPI(M) veteran noted that this dark chapter has completed half a century. He said the declaration of Emergency on June 25, 1975, was not a sudden or unexpected event but the "brutal culmination of years of authoritarian tendencies and the erosion of civil liberties in India." Mr. Vijayan also said that the 50th anniversary of the Emergency serves as a reminder of the "horror" of the current political situation in the country. "The country is currently going through an undeclared Emergency. If Indira Gandhi abused the Constitution, then today the Sangh Parivar government is trying to do away with it," he alleged in the post, which also carried a link to an article on the Emergency published in the CPI(M) mouthpiece, Deshabhimani. Mr. Vijayan claimed that the Emergency is not merely a lesson in history for those who lived through it but remains a "burning memory of state terror." The declaration of Emergency in 1975 was not a spontaneous event, but the culmination of tyrannical tendencies that surfaced in independent India. 50 years have gone by, and today we're facing an undeclared emergency under the Sangh Parivar regime, enforced through… — Pinarayi Vijayan (@pinarayivijayan) June 25, 2025 He stressed that the memories of the Emergency period must be preserved as a source of inspiration for future struggles and passed on to the next generations. During the Emergency, Mr. Vijayan, a senior CPI(M) leader, was imprisoned for 18 months for organising "underground political activities" in Kerala. He also faced alleged police torture while in custody.
The Hindu
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Swadeshabhimani-Kesari Awards for K.G. Parameswaran Nair, Ezhacheri Ramachandran and N. Asokan
K.G. Parameswaran Nair, Ezhacheri Ramachandran and N. Ashokan have won the Swadeshabhimani-Kesari Awards for 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively. The State government, which institutes the award for contributions to media, announced the awards on Saturday. A noted poet, Mr. Ramachandran worked close to 32 years at the Deshabhimani. He is a winner of the Vayalar Award and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Mr. Parameswaran Nair, known for his extensive reporting of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, worked at the Kerala Kaumdi for 35 years. He has also authored the book 'Kerala Niyamasabha Charitravum Dharmavum.' A former bureau chief of Mathrubhumi's New Delhi Bureau, Mr. Ashokan is currently Special Representative of the daily in New Delhi. The 2021 and 2022 winners were selected by a panel consisting of S.R. Shaktidharan, K.A. Beena and P.S. Rajasekharan. The winner for 2023 was selected by Alankode Leelakrishnan, K.P. Mohanan and T. Radhamani. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will present the awards, which carry ₹1 lakh each in cash prizes, citations and statuettes designed by Kanayi Kunhiraman, on June 26 in Thiruvananthapuram.
