KK Shailaja: Not only a instructor, however a rockstar

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health Minister KK Shailaja, who grew to become the face of Kerala within the battle towards the Covid-19 pandemic, has come up victorious in yet one more battle — this time political.

While her victory from Mattannur meeting constituency in Kannur got here as no shock, the report victory margin of over 61,000 votes confirmed that the additional votes got here as a recognition of her efficiency as a minister. 

The political journey of the 64-year-old former physics instructor from Kannur, who made her meeting debut 25 years in the past, has been phenomenal within the final 5 years when the world took a better have a look at the unassuming well being minister of Kerala.

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The public well being disaster introduced the most effective out of her — first in tackling the Nipah virus outbreak in 2018 and Covid-19 two years later. Both novel crises have examined the general public well being system and Shailaja has been credited rightly for her management. 

If there was one minister within the Pinarayi Vijayan authorities who was seen tackling the challenges head on, it was Shailaja. She is credited for her foresight in making ready the state and her potential to speak the selections to the general public.

It was she who began the each day briefing when the primary case of Covid-19 was reported within the nation, in Thrissur, final 12 months. Her matter-of-fact motion plans had been keenly noticed and readily adopted by the general public. 

She was the star campaigner within the ‘Break the Chain’ marketing campaign initiated by the federal government to include the pandemic.

In the preliminary months of the primary wave of the pandemic, the success within the state positioned within the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent in flattening the curve in lower than 100 days after the primary case was reported broadly.  Restricting the variety of deaths because of the pandemic gained her world-wide consideration.

Though Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan took over the mantle in disaster administration later, the well being minister continued to symbolize the state in worldwide meets on Covid-19 and acquired accolades for her management.

The worldwide media gave her fancy titles resembling “Coronavirus Slayer” and “Rock star health minister”, a lot to the discomfort of the Opposition events. 

She was good to snide remarks made by them in her attribute type. Congress state president Mullappally Ramachandran was one of many beneficiaries of her cool strategy when he made private assaults. 

But such niceties weren’t reserved for IUML chief Ok M Shaji who confronted an indignant retort from her within the legislative meeting. He was lower to a sorry determine for questioning the management talents of a lady chief minister (Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal) throughout a debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. 

Her new-found stature raised expectations of her changing Pinarayi because the chief minister. But she all the time had a readymade reply to quell such potentialities. Nevertheless, her victory has introduced cheer among the many medical neighborhood.

“It gives a lot of comfort to know that the plans against the pandemic will continue (under her leadership) in the way we are familiar with,” stated a senior physician.

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