THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health minister Veena George held talks with the Kerala-based house surgeons team trapped in Manali and offered all sorts of service for their safe return. The minister also talked with the DGP of Himachal Pradesh to ensure protection for the house surgeons caught in the deluge.

27 girl students who completed house surgency from Ernakulam medical college and 18 from Thrissur medical college went for a leisure trip to Manali unknowing about the incoming rains. Many reports of landslides and destruction have been reported, which are discerned to be unprecedented in recent times.