Latest Kerala Health Department News & Updates

Thiruvananthapuram April 23 (IANS) A 37-year-old man died of suspected sunstroke in Kannur as Kerala continued to reel under intense heat conditions that have prompted a formal heat wave warning in parts of the state.The deceased, Sanal Kumar, a native of Pallippoyil, collapsed while engaged in well-digging work on Wednesday afternoon and was later declared dead.The incident comes amid a sharp rise in temperatures across Kerala, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a heat wave …

Kochi, Feb 21 (IANS) Usha Josephkutty (51), a native of Punnapra in Alappuzha district, who had been living for five years with a surgical instrument inside her abdomen due to alleged negligence during a procedure at Government Medical College Hospital, Vandanam, has successfully undergone surgery to remove it.The procedure was carried out on Saturday at a private hospital in Kochi, where doctors removed a long, curved artery forceps that had allegedly been left behind during a hysterectomy perf…