Health Minister

January 11, 2024

World Bank-funded Rs 3,000 cr Kerala health sector modernisation project to begin this year

While Rs 2,100 crore will be borrowed from the World Bank as a loan, the remaining Rs 900 crore will come from the government's coffers.

December 23, 2023
Malappuram pvt hospitals to stop Karunya Scheme participation amid pending govt dues

Private hospitals have issued a warning to the state government, indicating their intention to cease providing treatments under either the Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi (KASP) or the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) scheme if the pending dues are not settled promptly.
December 21, 2023
Kerala records 300 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths

Samples from the deceased will be sent for testing to determine whether they were infected with the new variant JN.1.
November 09, 2023
'My last project in Kerala,' says NRI healthcare entrepreneur after Veena George snubs hospital inauguration

Health Minister's office had given me a date and time but she skipped the inauguration despite being in the district, says Abdul Latheef 'Uppala'.
October 19, 2023
ICMR confirms Nipah antibody in bat samples collected from Kozhikode, says health min

A team from ICMR, which visited Kozhikode, collected bat samples with the help of experts from the animal husbandry department.
September 30, 2023
Health dept job fraud: CCTV visuals do not show Akhil Mathew!

As per reports, police did not find any instance of money being exchanged during the periods mentioned in the complaint nor the health minister's personal staff.
September 28, 2023
Police find loose ends in alleged job fraud at Health Minister’s office

The complainant said that he believed Akhil Sajeev as the latter belonged to the Minister’s home district

NIPAH OUTBREAK

September 14, 2023
Nipah threat: Health Minister urges Kannur, Wayanad, Malappuram districts to remain alert

The Minister was making a statement in accordance with Rule 300 regarding Nipah in the Assembly
NIPAH OUTBREAK

September 13, 2023
Did Kerala err in not declaring Nipah outbreak even after Centre did so?

Health minister Veena George refuted the charge that there was delay in confirming the presence of the deadly Nipah virus with a 70 percent mortality
NIPAH OUTBREAK

September 13, 2023
Nipah confirmed in 4 patients in Kerala; 168 people on contact list: Health Minister

According to the health minister, the patient who died on Monday night contracted the virus from the private hospital where patient zero was admitted.

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