Thiruvananthapuram Nov 6 (IANS) Venu, who died without receiving treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College and Hospital, is a victim of “Arogyakeralam on ventilator”, Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan said on Thursday, holding state Health Minister Veena George and the Pinarayi Vijayan government squarely responsible for the tragedy.

“Venu did not merely die, he was killed by the collapse of the Health Department and the administrative machinery that this government has destroyed over the past nine and a half years. The Health Minister and the government cannot escape responsibility,” Satheesan said in a strongly worded statement.

He demanded that Venu’s voice message be treated as a dying declaration and a case of murder be registered against those responsible.

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