'Low-cost care is fine': Thrikkakara Coop Hosp rapped for straying from its vision

WHEN the Thrikkakara Municipal Co-operative Hospital was launched on June 13, 1999, the goal was clear—offer affordable treatment to local residents, especially those priced out of the booming private healthcare system.

- ANNA JOSE @Kochi

WHEN the Thrikkakara Municipal Co-operative Hospital was launched on June 13, 1999, the goal was clear—offer affordable treatment to local residents, especially those priced out of the booming private healthcare system. Now, 27 years on, the hospital stands as the only one in Kerala established under the People's Plan project of a local body. But has it delivered on the cooperative vision it promised?