Pulayanarkotta hospital’s extra beds to be used by MCH patients
Kerala Health Minister K. Muraleedharan announced that patients at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College will be transferred to the Pulayanarkotta Chest Diseases hospital to address severe bed shortages. The government is also upgrading facilities at the General Hospital to reduce overcrowding in major medical centers.
Why it matters
This policy shift aims to improve public healthcare accessibility and patient dignity by eliminating the practice of patients occupying floor space.
Kerala Health Minister K. Muraleedharan has said that the patients who get admitted to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College but who are forced to occupy floor space because of the shortage of hospital beds, will now be accommodated at the Chest Diseases hospital at Pulayanarkotta.
The article reports on government policy and administrative decisions without editorializing.
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