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Kerala Health Minister Denies Medicine Shortages in Government Hospitals

Kerala Health Minister Denies Medicine Shortages in Government Hospitals

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THE BRIEF
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Kerala Health Minister K. Muraleedharan denied reports of medicine shortages in government hospitals, attributing the claims to pharmaceutical companies.

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He described the crisis reports as a media creation and insisted that adequate medical stocks are currently available across government facilities.

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Addressing infectious disease rates, the minister stated that case numbers reported so far are lower compared to the corresponding period last year.