Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital (MCH) in 2025 is “no different from what it was in 1986,” says senior urologist and noted whistleblower Dr Haris Chirakkal, as public outrage mounts over the recent death of a cardiac patient allegedly due to delayed treatment.
Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital (MCH) in 2025 is “no different from what it was in 1986,” says senior urologist and noted whistleblower Dr Haris Chirakkal, as public outrage mounts over the recent death of a cardiac patient allegedly due to delayed treatment.
“I first came here as a medical student in 1986. Even now, patients are asked to lie on the floor -- just as they were then,” he remarked, reacting sharply to the recent death of Venu, a cardiac patient.
“How can a patient be treated lying on the floor?” Dr Haris asked, calling the incident a damning reflection of the system’s decay.
The criticism follows the death of Venu (48), a native of Panmana in Kollam, who was admitted with severe chest pain and allegedly denied an angiogram for five days before he died on Wednesday.
His family has accused the hospital of gross negligence and has petitioned both Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Health Minister Veena George.
In a major twist, newly surfaced medical records have contradicted the hospital’s explanation that treatment was delayed due to abnormal creatinine levels.
The documents show that Venu’s creatinine levels were within normal range, undermining the claim that an angiogram...
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