Entry-point security screening will be intensified in all government medical colleges, including in Thiruvananthapuram where a youth was recently arrested for impersonating a doctor and defrauding patients.
While the incident is viewed as an isolated one, it prompted Health Minister Veena George to take stern notice and instruct the Director of Medical Education to bolster security checks at the hospitals.
The Minister ordered the heads of institutions to permit entry to employees and medical and nursing students only after examining their identity cards. The security staff must also be tasked with ensuring that the identification documents are authentic.
