Keralam sets up task force to draw up holistic health and longevity road map

By The Hindu Staff

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The Keralam government has constituted a high-level task force to develop an evidence-based road map for a phased prevention and early detection framework, along with appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plan, and an action plan for healthy ageing, with the broader objective of establishing a “Kerala Holistic Model for Health, Wellness and Longevity”.

According to the government order issued by the Health and Family Welfare department on Wednesday, the task force will be headed by the Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan, with Health Minister K. Muraleedharan as vice-chairman. Sharmila Mary Joseph, Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare and AYUSH), will be the member-coordinator.

The 16-member task force includes K.R. Jyothilal, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance); Ratan Kelkar, Secretary to the Chief Minister; Deepak Singhal, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary; Shiv Kumar Sarin, Director of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi; Faizal E Kottikolon, chairman, KEF Holdings; C. Devidas Varier, managing director of AVP Coimbatore; Harsh Mahajan, chairman of Mahajan Imaging and Labs; Pratap Chauhan, chairman Jive Ayurva; Kancherioa Ravindranath, chairman, Global Hospital, Hyderabad; S.S. Lal, Director ReAct Asia Pacific; P.M. Varier, chief physician, Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal; M.V. Pillai, chairman International Cancer Care Network, USA, and Nisha Nigil, President-elect, Association of Kerala Medical Graduates in North America.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 7, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

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