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Kerala’s probe into whether expired Remdesivir was given to Nipah patients faces delays due to a potential conflict of interest involving expert panel head Dr Aravind Reghukumar, who previously convened the Nipah Medical Board.
Following infant deaths in Attappadi, Kerala’s Health Department is enhancing healthcare by appointing specialists, constructing a new medical block, and introducing mobile units and paediatric ambulances to improve regional emergency and newborn services.
The Kerala Medical Services Corporation will probe the procurement and use of remdesivir in Nipah treatment amid questions over supply records, possible expiry, and handling of medicines in state hospitals.
Kerala health minister K Muraleedharan told the Assembly that expired remdesivir and unrecorded US clinical trial drugs were administered to Nipah patients, prompting the government to form a probing medical board.
Kerala’s Food Safety Department destroyed 568 litres of used cooking oil, discarded 7,000 unhygienic fried snacks and suspended 32 licences in a statewide Operation Thelima 2.0 drive.
Kerala’s health minister and the CPM clashed over procuring the generic drug Risdiplam for children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, with the opposition raising safety, labelling, and testing queries despite official clarifications.
Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan says the state will continue using the lower-cost generic Risdiplam for SMA patients, dismissing safety concerns over the medicine’s label.
Former Left Democratic Front ministers criticised Health Minister K Muraleedharan, alleging he violated procurement rules by unlawfully approving a clinical-trial SMA medicine, making him entirely unfit for office amid worsening healthcare shortages.
Kerala health minister K Muraleedharan defended providing low-cost Indian SMA medicines, citing expert approval, while opposition leaders demanded investigations into alleged clinical-trial labelling and unauthorised testing on toddlers without parental consent.
During a Kerala Assembly debate on medicine shortages, Health Minister K Muraleedharan accused the opposition of serving US firm Blackstone, while opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan claimed government policies favour corporate hospitals.
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