Learn from Kerala how to run hospitals: Ruling CPM’s welcome note for Yogi Adityanath

Mangalore Today News Network

Kerala, Oct 03, 2017 : With Yogi Adityanath set to join the BJP’s Jana Raksha Yatra in Kerala on Wednesday, the ruling CPM in the state has welcomed the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister with a sarcasm-laden tweet.

 

"We invite UP CM Yogi to visit Kerala Hospitals to learn how to run Hospitals effectively," the CPM tweeted from its verified handle @cpimspeak.

Recently, at least 60 children died at the state-run BRD Hospital in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, due to alleged lack of oxygen supply. At another government hospital in Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, as many as 49 children died between July 20 and August 21 due to alleged shortage of oxygen supply and lack of medicines.

Infant mortality rate in Kerala, as per the National Family Health Survey 2015-16, stands at 6 per 1000 live births while the under-5 mortality rate stands at 7 per 1000 as against national average of 41 and 50 respectively.

BJP KICKS OFF YATRA IN KERALA

While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah kicked off the 15-day Jana Raksha Yatra in Kerala today, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister will take the stage on Wednesday in Kecherry near Kannur district.

Kannur has been the epicentre of the bitter political rivalry between the BJP/RSS and the CPM and has witnessed maximum political killings in the state.

Kannur is considered a stronghold of the CPM and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan won the Assembly election from Dharmadom seat in the district.

The BJP chief today launched a scathing attack on the ruling Left government in the state and held Pinarayi Vijayan responsible for the political murders of BJP and RSS workers in Kerala.

"I am asking Chief Minister Vijayan who has killed BJP and RSS workers in Kerala. If he does not have answers, then I am saying CM Vijayan is responsible for it," Shah told a gathering in Kannur.

Amit Shah said that attacks against RSS and BJP workers have spiked whenever Communists assumed power in the state. "More than 120 BJP and RSS workers have been murdered in Kerala so far. CM Vijayan is directly responsible for it," Shah said.

Shah said the march was a non-violent protest against the political killings. "We are starting the march from Kannur because it is the Chief Minister’s home district," he said.



courtesy:India Today