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Communist Party of India (Marxist) has threatened to strength its protestation if the State authorities goes up with allowing backstage aesculapian colleges to connection wellness services from authorities healthcare centres.
The CPI(M) activists took portion successful a protestation march connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) from Ambedkar Circle to Clock Tower Circle. The protestation follows the government signing a MoU with Yenepoya Medical College, A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Alvas Health Centre to connection wellness services astatine Vitla Community Health Centre (CHC), Bantwal Taluk Hospital and Moodbidri CHC.
The authorities was slated to soon motion MoU with Alvas Health Centre to let it to connection services astatine the Belthangady Taluk Hospital. The authorities has called upon backstage aesculapian colleges crossed the State to connection wellness services astatine the nearest authorities healthcare centres.
Commercialisation of wellness services
Addressing the protestors astatine the Clock Tower Circle, CPI(M) Dakshina Kannada territory Secretary Muneer Katipalla said allowing backstage aesculapian colleges to enactment from authorities healthcare centres was thing but a commercialisation of services. Criticising Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, Mr. Katipalla accused the Minister of doing the top disservice to Dakshina Kannada residents with this move.
“If you bash not rescind the order, we volition intensify our protest. We volition edifice to achromatic emblem demonstrations astatine places you sojourn (in Dakshina Kannada), organise sit-in protests, and signifier quality chains astir authorities healthcare centres,” Mr. Katipalla said.
There were 9 backstage aesculapian assemblage and hospitals successful Dakshina Kannada with 4 much acceptable to commencement shortly. If the authorities goes up with mounting up a Government Medical College successful Puttur nether Public-Private-Partnership, past that assemblage excessively volition beryllium different backstage entity, helium said. These backstage aesculapian colleges person drastically hiked attraction outgo and radical were uncovering it hard to conscionable it, Mr. Katipalla added.
CPI(M) District Secretariat Member Sunil Kumar Bajal said the CPI(M) has been opposing privatisation of wellness assemblage for long. The Central and the State Government bash not privation to walk connected wellness and acquisition sectors. Just similar the enactment opposed the privatisation of h2o proviso services successful Dakshina Kannada, the CPI(M) volition combat bony and nail to not let backstage aesculapian colleges to run from authorities healthcare centres, helium said.
CPI(M) District Secretariat members Yadava Shetty, B.M. Bhat, Vasanth Achari and Jayanti B. Shetty took portion successful the protestation march.
