Socialist group suppressed workers union

PERAVOOR(KANNUR):  The 70-bed  Cooperative Hospital at Peravoor, which was being run by a CPM-led Cooperative Society,  was established in June 2007 and it had more than 100 employees during the first two years. This hospital was the only one with all the facilities, including ICU, casualty and 24-hour ambulance service, serving the rural community. The hospital was closed down on March 10.However, some of the employees who left the organisation, alleged that the president of the society never showed interest in saving the oraganisation. They also said that the so-called socialist group suppressed the activities of the workers’ union. The doctors who were interested in running the hospital were also discouraged, they said.CPM district secretary P Jayarajan denied that the party has any links with the hospital. “The hospital was managed independently by the cooperative society. In fact, we are not aware of any issues between the staff and the management. The president of the society is responsible for running the organisation,” he said.Peravoor MLA Sunny Joseph said he was not aware of the issue.