Pinarayi Vijayan to head to Mayo Clinic in US for treatment
Kerala, July 30: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will be heading to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in the United States, for treatment and a possible surgical procedure.
Confirming the development, official sources said the Chief Minister will leave for a 13-day visit to the US on August 19.
"The decision to go to Mayo Clinic has been taken because there is a consensus of views on the treatment procedure to be followed among doctors in India and at the Mayo Clinic," a top source told The Hindu, without specifying the exact nature of Mr. Vijayan's ailment.
Mr. Vijayan has been consulting doctors at the Apollo Hospital Chennai, for quite some time now and was last admitted to the hospital on March 3.
Courtesy: www.thehindu.com
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Karnataka Health Dept bars leave for staff amid ASHA workers’ strike starting Aug 12
Bengaluru, Aug 11 (PTI): In response to a planned three-day strike by ASHA workers starting August 12, the Karnataka Health Department on Monday issued a notice prohibiting all officers and staff from taking leave during the protest period, except in cases of medical emergencies.
Accredited Social Health Activists workers are demanding the fixed honorarium of Rs 10,000 promised by the state government in January. They have announced a continuous state-level protest from August 12 to 14.
The notice stated, “Information about ASHA workers absent from duty within district limits will be collected daily from primary health centres, compiled at the district level, and submitted to the commissionerate by 3 pm during the protest.”
The Health Department also urged community health officers, primary health protection officers, health inspectors, and Anganwadi workers to cooperate in ensuring that health services to the public remain uninterrupted.
