About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of being removed from electoral rolls and the state of healthcare in Kerala hospitals.

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss senior journalist R Rajagopal’s letter regarding the removal of his name from the electoral rolls, denying him renewal of his passport. They are joined by R Rajagopal himself and Shivasundar, a senior activist and researcher who has been studying the election process. In the second part of the episode, the hosts are joined by investigative journalist Jisha Surya, Chairman of KIMS Health, Dr M I Sahadulla, and medical researcher and educator Dr A Althaf. Audio timecodes:  00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:10 - Headlines  00:09:35 - SIR and issues 00:48:53 - PE in Kerala hospitals 1:19:46 - Recommendations Check out the recommendations and references from this episode . Support South Central: https://pages.razorpay.com/south-central Send your thoughts, suggestions, and criticism as well. Contribute to our reporting fund. Click here.   To check out our other shows, Click here   To not miss any updates, join TNM's WhatsApp Channel! Click here You can also let us know what you think by filling out our quick feedback form . Your suggestions help shape future episodes of South…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna

Guests: R Rajagopal, Shivasundar, Jisha Surya, Dr M I Sahadulla, Dr A Althaf

Topics covered

• electoral rolls
• passport issues
• Kerala hospitals
• election process
• healthcare
• investigative journalism

Keywords

• vote
• passport
• Kerala
• hospitals
• elections
• journalism
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KIMS Health

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