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New Indian Express
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Love is Love : Writer Sreejith Sreekumar talks about his film Adoption
Very often, subjects like adoption are either tiptoed around or wrapped only in sentimentality, but very rarely are they explored with sensitivity and honesty. That's where writer Sreejith Sreekumar brings his internationally acclaimed short film, Adoption, a poignant exploration of the complexities of parenthood, identity and social judgment. 'Parents should have the right to make decisions – if they want to adopt a child, it should be their choice and not the society's,' he shares, adding, 'I knew making a film like Adoption would be the better way to help people understand the legalities of the process involved – the right and the wrong.' Through the film, inspired by The Silent Child, a British sign language short film, Sreekumar sought to join the conversation, one that doesn't shy away from the emotionally stirring journey intertwined with legal undertones. 'I felt the emotional attachment to the kid and the caretaker in the film [The Silent Child]. So, I thought of implementing the same thing differently,' he says, adding how parenthood is beyond bloodlines: 'Adoption felt like the perfect way to address the idea of what it truly means to be a parent, which is to understand the child and to believe in love'.
The Hindu
20-06-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Alappuzha Sreekumar remembrance on June 22
The seventh annual remembrance of musician Alappuzha K.S. Sreekumar will be held on Sunday (June 22, 2025). Organised by the Alappuzha Sreekumar Foundation, the function will be inaugurated by Kadakampally Surendran, MLA, at Sree Swathi Thirunal Government College of Music, Thycaud, here at 5 p.m. K. Omanakutty, Padmi Shri awardee, will deliver the presidential address. Changanassery B. Harikumar and Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan will speak. A concert by singer K.S. Harisankar, son of Alappuzha Sreekumar and Lekshmi Sreekumar, will follow.
Daily Record
29-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Record
'Dishonest' nurse is struck off after catalogue of failings across two Ayrshire care homes
Ramani Sreekumar was subject to a disciplinary investigation at Fullarton Care Home in Irvine - but she failed to disclose this when she applied for a post at Kilmarnock-based Crossgate Care Home. An Ayrshire nurse has been struck off and handed an 18-month interim suspension after being found guilty of as many as 18 charges of care 'failings' across two care homes in Irvine and Kilmarnock. Ramani Sreekumar was subject to a disciplinary investigation at Fullarton Care Home in Irvine - but she failed to disclose this when she applied for a post at Kilmarnock-based Crossgate Care Home. Now the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has scrubbed Sreekumar's name off their register of adult nurses, labelling her 'dishonest' and claiming her fitness to practise is 'impaired.' In a 51-page dossier centred on the case, the NMC said the charges arose whilst Mrs Sreekumar was employed as a registered nurse at Fullarton Care Home in 2019. Initial 'concerns' related to Mrs Sreekumar's administration of medication to a resident during a nightshift and to subsequently 'attempting to cover up the incident.' However, a second referral to the regulator was made in relation to Mrs Sreekumar's work as a registered nurse at Crossgate Care Home. The second allegation was that Mrs Sreekumar was 'rude to staff,' she 'failed to properly follow' a resident's care plan, and 'concealed previous regulatory and disciplinary investigations' when applying for the role in 2019 and 2020. Sreekumar faced a total of 24 charges and 11 witnesses were brought in during the NMC's substantive hearing, held in Edinburgh. Six of the charges, including one that alleged she 'inaccurately' informed a colleague that a resident was 'fine'- when they were discovered dead shortly after - were dropped. Among the charges brought against her during her time at Fullarton, Sreekumar, during a nightshift in October 2019, did 'not adequately check' on a resident's condition after being informed their syringe driver was not working properly. Sreekumar also 'lied' to multiple colleagues that she telephoned the Out of Hours District Nurses, to review the resident's syringe driver. She also 'ignored' the resident's family whilst administering medication. Another charge found proved said the nurse 'incorrectly recorded' that she had administered medication to a resident when she was 'not on shift.' But even more care failings were discovered when Sreekumar worked for Crossgate Care Home. During one incident, which unfolded during a nightshift of 29/30 April 2020 - and on other dates - she 'pointed' in a colleague's face; shouted and/or raised her voice at said colleague, was stopped by that colleague from administering a double dose of medication to a resident and on one or more occasion she 'refused to assist' staff undertake personal care for residents. Other charges included failing to dispose of used needles in the sharps bin and leaving one or more used needles unattended in a resident's room. In another incident, when a resident suffered a fall, Sreekumar 'did not follow' the resident's mobility support plan, did not use a hoist to lift them from the floor, she 'incorrectly instructed' a colleague to manually lift the resident, then 'ignored' a colleague after they informed her that a hoist 'was needed.' Sreekumar then said: 'Well do you know what, I am your nurse and I am telling you to lift him so do you job,' or words to that effect. And on other unknown dates Sreekumar 'refused' to assist colleagues undertake personal care for one or more residents, including bed baths, changing pads and changing clothes. Sreekumar failed to answer call buzzers, on one or more occasions too. The 'rudeness' of Sreekumar was also highlighted. On unknown dates, whilst communicating with Health Care Assistants, Sreekumar 'clicked her fingers' at one or more HCAs and inappropriately referred to one or more HCAs as 'Carer 1,' 'Carer 2' and 'You.' And the charge that, during the recruitment process to Crossgate Care Home, between September 27 – November 21, 2019, Sreekumar did not disclose that she was subject to a disciplinary investigation at her previous place of employment, was also proved. This led to another charge, namely she 'lacked integrity' and/or was 'dishonest' in that she sought to conceal the fact that she was subject to a disciplinary investigation from her employer at the time. The NMC's Fitness to Practise Committee said that residents were 'put at risk' and were caused physical and emotional harm as a result of Mrs Sreekumar's misconduct and her behaviour was a 'significant departure' from the standards expected of a registered nurse. Their report states: 'The panel finds that residents were put at risk and were caused physical and emotional harm as a result of Mrs Sreekumar's misconduct. The panel also considered that colleagues and the relatives of residents were caused harm as a result of Mrs Sreekumar's misconduct. 'Mrs Sreekumar's misconduct had breached the fundamental tenets of the nursing profession and therefore brought its reputation into disrepute. It was satisfied that confidence in the nursing profession would be undermined if its regulator did not find charges relating to dishonesty extremely serious.' The report continues: 'In considering the seriousness of Mrs Sreekumar's dishonesty the panel concluded that it was at the upper end of the spectrum. The panel noted that Mrs Sreekumar's dishonesty was associated with a delay in providing care to a vulnerable resident which resulted in actual harm. 'There was also a separate, but associated, incident of dishonesty which involved Mrs Sreekumar seeking to hide these initial failings from a prospective new employer for her personal gain. 'The first instance of dishonesty involved lying to four colleagues to cover up her clinical failings. The second instance was deliberate and prolonged covering a period of approximately one month.' The NMC said the factors of concern in this case included: the 'absence of insight' into failings, a pattern of 'repeated misconduct' over a period of time, 'actual harm' caused to residents including especially vulnerable patients, including individuals at 'end of life,' conduct which put patients and colleagues 'at risk of suffering harm,' repeated dishonesty and a 'lack of engagement' with the NMC hearing. The report goes on: 'The panel noted that the serious breach of the fundamental tenets of the profession evidenced by Mrs Sreekumar's actions is fundamentally incompatible with Mrs Sreekumar remaining on the register. The panel concluded that the misconduct identified occurred over a prolonged period of time, involved multiple breaches of fundamental tenets, and attitudinal concerns. 'The panel was of the view that the findings in this particular case demonstrate that Mrs Sreekumar's actions were serious and to allow her to continue practising would undermine public confidence in the profession and in the NMC as a regulatory body.' The report adds: 'Balancing all of these factors and after taking into account all the evidence before it during this case, the panel determined that the appropriate and proportionate sanction is that of a striking-off order. 'Having regard to the effect of Mrs Sreekumar's actions in bringing the profession into disrepute by adversely affecting the public's view of how a registered nurse should conduct herself, the panel has concluded that nothing short of this would be sufficient in this case. The panel considered that this order was necessary to mark the importance of maintaining public confidence in the profession, and to send to the public and the profession a clear message about the standard of behaviour required of a registered nurse.'
New Indian Express
15-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Ahead of trial, Kerala Kalamassery blast case witnesses receive death threat
KOCHI: Ahead of the trial in the case related to the serial blasts that rocked a Jehovah's Witnesses gathering in Kalamassery, an alleged death threat was issued against witnesses who are to testify against Dominic Martin, the accused, on Wednesday. The threatening message was sent to the phone number of Sreekumar, the public relations officer of Jehovah's Witnesses, a Christian denomination. 'The threat message from a Malaysian phone number was received on my WhatsApp, around 10 pm on Monday. But, I noticed it only the following morning,' said Sreekumar, a resident of North Kalamassery. Detailing about the threat message, he said: 'The first message warned of explosions at Jehovah's Witnesses' worship centres, including near Aluva temple, and all other conventions across the state. When I asked why, the sender replied that Jehovah's Witnesses must be eradicated from Kerala, and that anyone testifying against Dominic Martin would be killed. Here, I asked why he was telling all this to me. The sender replied that everyone needed to know.' 'All these communications were in English. No further messages followed,' he said. He added that, he has filed official complaints with both the Kalamassery Police and Aluva Rural Police. 'We received the complaint regarding the death threat late on Tuesday. A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for inciting communal hatred and issuing death threats,' said M B Latheef, SHO of Kalamassery Police Station. The investigation is under way, and we cannot reveal further details at this point, he added. Latheef also noted that the Kochi city police had filed the chargesheet in the Kalamassery blast case on time, and the trial proceedings are set to begin soon.
Time of India
14-05-2025
- Time of India
Police investigate threat towards regional spokesperson of Jehovah's Witnesses
Kochi: The Kochi city police launched an investigation after a regional spokesperson of Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) received a WhatsApp message threatening to carry out bomb attacks on the religious group's places of worship and prayer gatherings across Kerala. The message, which also warned of killing any individuals cooperating in the ongoing Kalamassery blasts case , was received by T A Sreekumar , spokesperson for JW's public information department, on Tuesday sender is believed to have used a number registered in Malaysia. Following the threat, Sreekumar filed a formal complaint, prompting the Kalamassery police to register a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 196 (inciting hatred among groups) and 351(3) (criminal intimidation). As per the complaint, an anonymous individual threatened Sreekumar over the police are currently working to trace the origin of the recent threat and determine whether it is linked to any larger network or is an isolated act of Kalamassery blasts occurred during a JW congregation on Oct 29, 2023, claiming eight lives, including a 12-year-old girl and injuring several attendees. The sole accused, Martin V D of Thammanam, surrendered hours after the incident and allegedly confessed to carrying out the attack alone. He was in judicial custody since police investigation into the case culminated in a chargesheet submitted to the Ernakulam district principal sessions court in April 2024. It includes testimony from 284 witnesses, over 150 pieces of material evidence and spans more than 3,500 pages. Despite the comprehensive documentation, the trial is yet to commence.
