The 17-member panel was constituted with the aim of chalking out a comprehensive health policy. Photo: Getty ImagesThiruvananthapuram: The Kerala cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft health policy, prepared on the basis of the report submitted by an experts' panel headed by Dr B Ekabl.
The 17-member panel was constituted with the aim of chalking out a comprehensive health policy.
One of the key directives in the report is to make vaccination compulsory for children. It also proposes to open special clinics for transgender people.
As per the draft report, the health department will be bifurcated into medicine and Ayush wings.
Other key suggestions:
• Medical colleges will be given autonomy in functioning.
• Working hours of primary health centers will be extended to 6 pm.
• Certificate of vaccination will be made mandatory for school admission.
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