Overview

• The four-member panel visited the hospital on June 30 to question Dr Haris Chirakkal and other department heads about missing surgical tools and delayed procedures.
• Investigators are reviewing purchase records from the past year to assess how outdated rules requiring District Collector approval for costs above ₹1 lakh have slowed acquisitions.
• Health Minister Veena George has pledged a full report on the findings and signaled plans to reform procurement processes in public medical colleges.
• The Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association backed Chirakkal’s claims and called for a state-wide audit of fund utilization across government hospitals.
• UDF activists held demonstrations at the medical college and announced a health commission to examine broader funding and administrative challenges in Kerala’s public healthcare system.