
Medicos on 12-hour strike in Kerala today
The Hindu
They seek solution to acute staff shortage in medical colleges
The Kerala Medical Postgraduates Association (KMPGA) is going ahead with the State-wide token strike they had called in all Government Medical College Hospitals on Monday, to protest against the authorities’ ‘total disregard for the issue of acute human resources shortage in these institutions.’ Postgraduate medicos, who form the backbone of patient care service delivery in all Medical Colleges, will withdraw all non-COVID and non-emergency services for 12 hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday. They said the acute shortage of human resources in wards and ICUs in the State was seriously affecting patient care delivery. All residents were overworked following continuous shifts and the situation cannot be managed like this forever, they said.
The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











