Stir launched for restoring OP at Manjeri MCH
The Hindu
Out-patient services came to a halt when MCH was made a COVID-19 hospital
The Kerala Muslim Jamat (KMJ) has launched an agitation demanding restoration of outpatient (OP) consultation at Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Manjeri. The OP system at the MCH came to a halt when it was converted into the district’s main COVID-19 hospital. A ‘stand-up’ protest was organised in front of the medical college on Thursday morning. Inaugurating the agitation, KMJ district secretary K.P. Jamal said the condition of the government medical college in the State’s most populated district was pathetic. He said the district lost the existing General Hospital when the medical college was set up there. The newly constructed women and children hospital was converted into the medical college’s academic block.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.