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A gathering attended by Health Minister Veena George present connected Saturday witnessed chaotic scenes aft activists of the United Democratic Front (UDF) erupted successful protest.
The occurrence unfolded astatine the YMCA Hall successful the greeting during a gathering convened to represent the organising committee for the inauguration of assorted authorities projects successful the Aranmula Assembly constituency. As the Minister began her address, UDF councillor and erstwhile municipal chairperson A. Suresh Kumar raised beardown objections to the determination to transportation the Pathanamthitta General Hospital from the municipality to the District Panchayat.
Describing the determination arsenic a unilateral determination by the Minister that would adversely impact the functioning of the hospital, Mr. Kumar announced that the UDF would boycott the meeting. The concern soon escalated erstwhile activists of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its younker wing, the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), contiguous astatine the venue, booed him and raised slogans against the UDF councillors.
Speaking to media persons connected the sidelines of the event, the Minister alleged that the onslaught carried retired by Indian Youth Congress workers connected her authoritative residence had been orchestrated astatine the absorption of the Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan.
Referring to the alleged aesculapian negligence incidental astatine Alappuzha Medical College, the Minister said she had fulfilled each responsibilities expected of a Health Minister and had taken contiguous enactment aft a surgical instrumentality was discovered wrong the abdomen of a pistillate diligent who had undergone surgery. “Steps were initiated wrong hours of learning astir the matter. A elaborate probe was ordered, and ineligible proceedings were besides acceptable successful motion,” she said, portion asserting that nary signifier of aesculapian negligence would beryllium tolerated.
