Focus on prevention of communicable diseases
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Local bodies take lead in cleaning activities: Minister
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Local bodies take lead in cleaning activities: Minister
Attention should be given to the prevention of communicable diseases even in the midst of the fight against COVID-19, Minister for Health K.K. Shylaja has said.
The Minister was presiding over a meeting on pre-monsoon cleaning as part of the ‘dry day’ observance here on Sunday.
She said National Dengue Day on Sunday was being implemented as a dry day on the directions of the Chief Minister. The government had decided to observe dry days frequently, instead of a single day. This would help in source-reduction activities to check proliferation of mosquitoes.
Milma Chairman seeks vaccinations for its employees
The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has urged the State government to administer the COVID-19 vaccine on a priority basis to Milma employees across the State, reports the Hindu.
Over 3,000 employees are engaged in the procurement and processing of milk, a high-risk, but essential service that ensures uninterrupted supply of milk to millions of households in the State, Milma said in a statement on Wednesday.
Milma chairman P. A. Balan raised the demand in separate letters to Dairy Development Minister K. Raju and Health K. K. Shylaja.
Vaccine for Milma staff sought
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3,000 employees are working in 20 locations in the State
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3,000 employees are working in 20 locations in the State
The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has urged the State government to administer the COVID-19 vaccine on a priority basis to Milma employees across the State.
Over 3,000 employees are engaged in the procurement and processing of milk, a high-risk, but essential service that ensures uninterrupted supply of milk to millions of households in the State, Milma said in a statement on Wednesday.
Milma chairman P. A. Balan raised the demand in separate letters to Dairy Development Minister K. Raju and Health K. K. Shylaja. Mr. Balan urged them to make immediate arrangements for the vaccination of Milma employees working in the apex units and the three regional unions of the dairy cooperative major.
KFRI launches help facility for farmers
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The on-call help centre will offer expert opinion on medicinal plant cultivation
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The on-call help centre will offer expert opinion on medicinal plant cultivation
The Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) at Peechi has launched a single-point contact facility for farmers to seek expert opinion on medicinal plant cultivation and a farmers’ library.
Funded by the State Medicinal Plants Board, the on-call help centre will help clear doubts of medicinal plant growers, including individuals, societies, and organisations, so that their farming skills improve and they can take up cultivation in a scientific manner.
CM opens OP wing of Palakkad MCH
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Inpatient (IP) wing of general medicine also inaugurated
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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurating through videoconferencing the outpatient services of Government Medical College Hospital, Palakkad, on Thursday.
Inpatient (IP) wing of general medicine also inaugurated
The outpatient (OP) services of Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) here began functioning on Thursday. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the OP block through videoconferencing.
He also inaugurated the inpatient (IP) wing of general medicine.
The Chief Minister said that people of Palakkad would not have to seek treatment in other districts and outside the State once the medical college became fully functional.