Former Health Ministers accuse govt. of corporatising public health sector
Former Kerala Health Ministers have criticized the current government for allegedly corporatizing the public health sector and mismanaging clinical trial drugs for SMA patients. They argue that recent policy shifts threaten the progress made in primary healthcare over the last decade.
Why it matters
This highlights a significant political debate regarding the privatization of public health services and the ethical oversight of medical trials.
Former Health Ministers accuse govt. of corporatising public health sector left Former Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, Veena George, and P.K. Sreemathy addressing mediapersons regarding the recent allegations against the Health department in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. Special Arrangement https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/3w36c5/article71612596.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/press%20meet.jpg TH Former Health Minister K. K. Shailaja, Veena George, senior CPI(M) leader P. K. Sreemathy held a press conference at AKG centre regarding the recent allegations against the health ministry on usage of medicines allotted for clinical trials on SMA patients, in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGMENT Former Health Ministers P.K. Sreemathy, K.K. Shailaja and Veena George accuse Health Minister K. Muraleedharan of trivialising the issues in the sector and handling the department affairs without the diligence it deserved Thiruvananthapuram Women leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and former Health Ministers P.K. Sreemathy, K.K.
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