Kottarakara Murder Case: Chief Minister calls emergency meeting to discuss safety of health professionals

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government will discuss ways to ensure the safety of medical practitioners in the state on Thursday.

The emergency meeting convened by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan comes in the backdrop of doctors intensifying their agitation against the killing of Dr Vandana Das.

The 25-year-old woman doctor was stabbed to death on Wednesday by a patient at the Kottarakara taluk hospital.

Majority of doctors have not reported to work for the last 24 hours demanding that the government bring out new legislation for the protection of hospitals with immediate effect.

The emergency meet, scheduled to be held at the conference hall in the Chief Minister’s Office here, would discuss various issues including the formation of the new legislation to prevent attacks against doctors on duty, a CMO statement here said.

Besides Health Minister Veena George and Chief Secretary V P Joy, health, law and medical education secretaries, state police chief, ADGPs and respective department heads would also attend the meeting, the statement added.