Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan on Thursday said that Venu of Panmana, Kollam, who died at the Government Medical College Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday night allegedly due to medical negligence, is a victim of the ‘Arogyakeralam’ collapse.
In his statement here, Mr. Satheesan said that the Health Department, which was vandalized and broken under the LDF government, killed Vena and that the government cannot absolve itself of responsibility for his death.
He said that ordinary citizens are paying for the incompetence of the Minister of Health, who herself admitted a few months ago that the “system” had failed.
Venu’s voice message should be treated as a dying declaration and those responsible must be charged with murder, Mr. Satheesan demanded.
The incident led to protests by Youth Congress activists who tried to force their way into the office of the medical school superintendent, after which two persons were arrested and taken away by the police.
Published – 06 Nov 2025 21:27 IST
