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Criminal act: Kerala Health Minister condemns families hiding women in need of medical care
Thiruvananthapuram, April 7: Kerala Health Minister Veena George has condemned the deliberate act of hiding women in need of medical care, calling it a serious "criminal act."
Kerala Health Minister to hold talks with Asha workers tomorrow, Priyanka Gandhi again backs protesters
Thiruvananthapuram, April 2: A day after her meeting with Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda, Kerala Health Minister Veena George announced that she will hold a meeting with the protesting Asha workers on Thursday as their indefinite protest before the State Secretariat here entered its 52nd day on Wednesday.
Kerala Health Minister meets Union Health Minister Nadda, Asha workers say will continue protests
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, April 1: On the 51st day of the ongoing protests by the Asha workers in front of the Kerala state Secretariat, state Health Minister Veena George finally met Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda in Delhi on Tuesday.
Kerala Asha workers' protest: Congress mulls extra payment from local bodies
Thiruvananthapuram, March 25: As the Asha workers' protest outside the State Secretariat entered its 44th day on Tuesday in Kerala, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is considering providing additional payments to the protesting workers from the funds of local bodies under their control.
Kerala Health Minister's Delhi trip a bluff, say Asha workers; launch indefinite fast
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20: Three of the agitating Asha workers launched an indefinite fast on Thursday as their protest in front of the state Secretariat entered its 39th day.
Asha workers in Kerala to continue strike as two separate rounds of conciliation talks fail
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19: Protesting Asha workers in Kerala will continue their strike after two different conciliation talks that took place at two levels on Wednesday failed to reach a solution to the issue.
Kerala CPI-M's powerful state committee to decide on action against leader for anti-party outburst
Thiruvananthapuram, March 12: Three days after senior CPI-M leader, A. Padmakumar openly showed dissent and spoke against the way he was sidelined by the party, the Pathanamthitta district CPI-M meeting held on Wednesday decided to leave the matter to the higher state level committee.
On Women's Day, support for Asha workers in Kerala grows; but Vijayan govt stays silent
Thiruvananthapuram, March 8: As the world celebrated Women's Day on Saturday, Kerala's Asha Workers' protest entered its 27th day, drawing widespread support from various quarters -- except the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left government.
Over 65,000 new cancer cases reported annually in state: Veena George on Kerala cancer campaign
Thiruvananthapuram, February 28: Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Friday highlighted the rising number of cancer cases in the state, revealing that over 65,000 new cancer cases are reported annually in Kerala, despite high health literacy, many patients seek treatment only in advanced stages of the disease.
Kerala to launch first ever project on collection, disposal of expired medicines
Thiruvananthapuram, February 19: The Kerala government is all set to start a programme to collect expired and unused medicine from homes and dispose of them scientifically.
Kerala: BJP workers protest outside Kottayam College over ragging incident; police use water cannons
Kottayam, February 15: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers held a protest outside the Government Nursing College in Kottayam, Kerala on Saturday over the ragging incident in which five senior students were arrested.
Kerala: ABVP, CPI(M) protest over ragging incident at Kottayam Government Nursing College
Kottayam, February 14: Students from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) staged protests on Friday over the alleged ragging incident at Kottayam Government Nursing College.
Nursing college students suspended: Kerala health minister Veena George on ragging incident
Thiruvananthapuram, February 14: Kerala health minister Veena George on Friday said that the five students arrested for allegedly ragging their juniors have been suspended from Kottayam Nursing College and that the state government will ensure maximum action against them.
HMPV spread in China: Kerala Health Minister urges elders and sick to be cautious
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4: While the Covid-like Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), currently spreading in China, is just a ‘winter occurrence,’ is less severe, and is spreading on a smaller scale, Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Saturday stressed that as a matter of caution, it would be better if the elderly, the sick, and pregnant women remain cautious and advocated use of masks.