The Plaachimada unit of Coca Cola had suspended operations in March 2004 following agitations by locals citing overexploitation of groundwater and dumping of sludge causing pollution
May 21, 2021
For treating patients exhibiting mild symptoms of Covid-19 KIMSHEALTH, a multispecialty hospital in , will collaborate with the Kerala government to set up a Covid First Line Treatment Centre (CFLTC) for treating patients exhibiting mild symptoms of Covid-19 and thus reducing the load on hospitals.
This initiative is expected to ensure treatment to more people taking into consideration that Covid cases are still high in the state, a spokesperson for the hospital said.
The CFLTC will have doctors, nurses and access to other staff 24 hours a day, besides medicines, oxygen, ambulance and provision for biomedical waste management. Covid patients will be treated in rooms set apart for the purpose.
Thiruvananthapuram:: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said that the government has issued orders to cap the charges for the treatment of the COVID patients who directly get admitted there. The COVID treatment is already free for the beneficiaries of Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati (KASP) and those referred from government hospitals to private hospitals empanelled by the State Health Agency. The tariff announced today will be applicable for the COVID patients who reach the private hospitals directly. This was necessitated because of the large number of complaints of overcharging and exorbitant billing by such hospitals and the subsequent intervention by the High Court. The rates were finalised after discussions with private hospitals, Kerala CM said.
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Photos of a critically-ill man riding pillion sandwiched between two people, who were both wearing PPE kits, have kicked up a political storm in Kerala. Visuals of the incident have been widely shared on social media by supporters of opposition parties who have launched a scathing attack against the Kerala government. While the supporters of the ruling Left Front are busy looking at UP, Gujarat and Karnataka, critical patients are pillion-riding to hospitals through country roads, what a shame! a user wrote.
However, there are now reports underlining that some of the information might have been misreported initially. Here is the incident as it happened.
The all-party meeting, called by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was held online.
Emerging after the two-hour-long meeting, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala told the media that all parties were agreeable on not enforcing a total lockdown.
“We also decided to ensure that on counting day, May 2, all the celebrations are kept to the least, given the grave situation that the state is presently passing through,” the Congress leader said.
The meeting also decided to ensure that all the district administrators strictly enforce the guidelines, especially when it came to holding of weddings and funerals with the numbers to be kept at the bare minimum.