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Kerala High Court rejects plea for CBI probe in Vandana Das murder case

A plea for handing over the investigation into the death of Dr. Vandana Das to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was dismissed by the Kerala High Court

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Health-care persons’ protection Bill sent to subject committee

The much awaited Kerala Healthcare Service Persons and Healthcare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Amendment Bill 2023, intended to replace the ordinance on the same passed by the Cabinet in May this year, was the first legal business that the legislature attended to when the ninth…

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Teacher accused of Vandana Das’s murder dismissed from service

Sandeep was issued a show-cause notice but his reply had inconsistencies and was an attempt to defend his actions, says V. Sivankutty

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Vandana Das awarded MBBS degree posthumously

Vandana Das, a house surgeon stabbed to death by a patient in May, was posthumously awarded her medical degree by the Kerala University of Health Sciences. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan presented the degree certificate to her parents. Vandana was killed while working at Kottarakara taluk hospital after completing MBBS.

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Attack on Vandana Das was intentional and accused was well aware of his actions: chargesheet

Chargesheet filed in Kottarakara court reveals attack on house surgeon Vandana Das was intentional. Sandeep, a school teacher, accused of murder, exhibits no mental illness symptoms. Evidence includes statements of 136 witnesses, CCTV footage, post-mortem report, and blood on Sandeep's clothing. Kollam court denied bail to Sandeep

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Court denies bail to accused in murder of house surgeon

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Trawling ban from June 10 at midnight

The Cabinet’s decision for a 50-day ban on mechanised fishing will help conserve marine resources; It also sanctions ₹25 lakh to the parents of house surgeon Vandana Das

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Ex gratia payment for families of Vandana, Renjith

The Cabinet on Wednesday sanctioned ₹25 lakh to the parents of house surgeon Vandana Das, who was fatally stabbed while on night duty at the Kottarakara taluk hospital, as an ex gratia payment.

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Violence against doctors is a symptom. What is the disease?

On May 10, 2023, Dr. Vandana Das was stabbed to death in the line of duty in Kollam district. Amid searing outrage from the medical fraternity, the tragedy brought to the forefront the increase in workplace violence faced by doctors all over India.

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Kerala government approves ordinance amending Hospital Protection Act 2012, stringent penal provisions added

Exactly a week after the murder of house surgeon Vandana Das, the State Cabinet on Wednesday approved the ordinance, amending the Kerala Healthcare Service Persons and Healthcare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act, 2012.

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Sandeep remanded in Crime Branch custody

The Kottarakara Judicial First Class Magistrate court on Tuesday remanded Sandeep, the accused in Vandana murder case, in Crime Branch custody for five days

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Man assaults doctor in Kerala government hospital, arrested

Kerala State police on May 16 arrested a man for physically assaulting a government doctor, who was on duty, at the Kalamassery government hospital.

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House surgeon’s murder: accused mentally sound

S. Sandeep, the accused in the murder of Vandana Das, a house surgeon at the Kottarakkara Taluk Hospital, is mentally sound, according to a preliminary evaluation.

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Crime Branch takes over Vandana murder case

The investigation into the murder of house surgeon Vandana Das has been taken over by the district Crime Branch. Vandana was killed by a patient at the Kottarakara taluk hospital on Wednesday.

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CPI(M) rallies behind embattled Health Minister

The CPI(M) has rallied behind embattled Health Minister Veena George, who had come under severe criticism in the aftermath of the murder of house surgeon Vandana Das at the Kottarakara taluk hospital.

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Kottarakara taluk hospital block to be named after Vandana Das

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Thousands bid tearful adieu to Vandana Das

Hundreds of mourners poured into Pattalamukku near kaduthuruthy on Thursday to bid a tearful adieu to Vandana Das, a young medical doctor who was stabbed to death by a patient while on duty a day ago.

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Doctors, medicos continue agitation over house surgeon’s murder

The outpouring of grief and outrage of medical fraternity over the murder a young house surgeon, Vandana Das, while on duty continued on Thursday too, with medical students and doctors staying away from work and taking to the streets.

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Protest march over surgeon’s murder in Kollam

Protest march staged by the District Congress Committee to Kottarakara Rural SP office against the police apathy that allegedly led to the house surgeon’s murder

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Kerala Doctor Murder: IMA meets CM Vijayan, demands new ordinance to protect health workers

A representation of doctors under the leadership of the IMA on Thursday met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan raising certain demands over the protection of health workers after a doctor was murdered earlier this week. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kerala High Court directs State Police chief to provide security to all hospitals so as to avert any further incidents of attack on doctors

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on May 11 at a special sitting directed the State Police Chief to formulate and evolve sufficient protocols on the manner in which persons in custody — be that accused or otherwise — are to be presented before hospitals or medical professionals…

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Kerala CM calls top-level meeting to weigh a new law to protect hospitals from violence and vandalism

Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said the government would weigh passing a potent law to deter lawbreakers from targeting health professionals and vandalising hospitals

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Top Kerala news developments today

Here are the important developments from Kerala to watch out for today.

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Opposition parties, doctors’ organisations slam Kerala government for house surgeon’s murder

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Health workers, medical students take to streets against house surgeon’s murder

Doctors, medical students, and health workers in large numbers staged protests at various places in Kozhikode district on Wednesday against the brutal murder of Vandana Das, a house surgeon at the Kottarakkara Taluk Hospital earlier in the day.

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