Accordingly from January 1, 2019 KK Shailaja, Minister of Health and Social Justice, said the health establishments in Kerala will have an online registration portal, where patients can know the cost of medical treatments and compare the medical facilities provided by each hospital, among others. Meanwhile this move follows the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill 2017, which was passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly on February 1, 2018.
KK Shailaja said, adding that a special cell will also be set up to address complaints from the public “This will improve the public health sector in the state. People can know in detail what facility a hospital can provide and know its cost, too". Furthermore under the Clinical Establishments Act, modern medicine, including dentistry, Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Homoeopathy, Siddha and Unani, in the public and private sectors, are different branches.
Accordingly all establishments owned, controlled or managed by the government, a trust (public or private), individual proprietorship, a partnership firm, corporation registered under a central, provincial or state a local authority fall under the Act. Moreover the first stage, this system will be implemented in three district Palakkad, Thrissur and Malappuram. It will be set up in other districts eventually.
