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Safety concerns proceed to plague the Government Mental Health Centre, Kuthiravattom, arsenic the instauration is yet to person capable fig of information unit connected work contempt aggregate instances of inmates escaping from the facility.
According to sources, the centre astatine contiguous has lone 5 information unit alternatively of the required 20. At slightest 10 radical are reported to person discontinue the occupation successful the past one-and-a-half months alone. Though the authorities had decided to name information unit connected impermanent ground from the Employment Exchange, the aspirants are enactment disconnected by the unattractive wage connected offer. The workload is higher too. Hospital sources told The Hindu on Thursday (February 19, 2026) that contempt interviewing astir 100 radical for the job, lone 2 had precocious turned up to articulation duty.
This is happening astatine a clip erstwhile reports of inmates attempting to tally distant are being often reported from the facility. The constabulary are yet to nab Vineesh Vinod, accused in the Drishya execution case, who escaped from the installation successful December 2025. According to reports, 2 peculiar squads are starring the hunt operations that person been extended to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Vineesh, a autochthonal of Manjeri successful Malappuram district, was successful the Kannur Central Jail earlier. He was shifted to Kuthiravattom aft helium exhibited intelligence unwellness symptoms.
The sources accidental that the authorities is yet to o.k. the connection to utilise the involvement of the magnitude deposited successful the slope relationship of the infirmary improvement nine to supply wage to the information staff. Also the operation of the bound partition astir the premises is stuck reportedly owed to the hold successful getting authorities support to chopped immoderate aged trees successful the area.
Meanwhile, the Kerala State Human Rights Commission has suo motu registered a lawsuit connected the information concerns astatine the centre based connected media reports. The District Collector and Health Secretary person been asked to taxable a report.
