He joined the oral polio vaccine campaign at the hospital at Thuravoor near Alappuzha and interacted with doctors, paramedics and local people who thronged to meet him.
Gandhi spent about half-an-hour there. When he arrived, administration of polio drops was in progress and he immediately joined the campaign by giving polio drops to a baby.
The Congress leader also lavished praise on the universal public health care system in Kerala, terming it as “one of the best in the country.”
“Your health care system is reputed in India and outside. What is the secret behind it?,” he was heard asking hospital authorities.
Gandhi also praised the services rendered by nurses from the state not only in different parts of India but also in many foreign countries.
He was received at Nedumbassery airport near Kochi by Union Minister Vayalar Ravi, State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala and other party leaders.
