Thiruvananthapuram, Former Health Minister Veena George recalled the “harassment” she faced during her tenure, shortly after her successor K Muraleedharan acknowledged the difficulty of managing public backlash and criticism directed at the health department.
“There were attacks with a clear agenda.
But I could not afford to give up,” George said in the post.
She added that she had worked beyond her limits, in line with government policies, for lakhs of people who might otherwise have been left helpless in the face of diseases and the high cost of treatment. It is easy for those who throw stones. “When you become doctors and take up a post, there will be 10 people throwing stones at you. I was also someone who threw stones comfortably for 10 years.
“Nothing can be summed up in a single word,” she said. Describing the health department as one that routinely faced criticism, Muraleedharan said he had been among those criticising it for a decade. But we understand the difficulty only when the backlash hits us,” he had said.
Muraleedharan had said that the health department in Keralam often faces scrutiny over alleged medical negligence and a lack of facilities and medicines While speaking at a graduation ceremony at the medical college here on Friday.
