Kochi, July 5 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the state health minister Veena George condoled the death of the woman in the collapse of a portion of a building at the Kottayam Government Medical College hospital (MCH) and pledged support to her family, even as opposition parties like the Congress and BJP unleashed protests demanding George's resignation on Friday.

D Bindu (52), a native of Thalayolaparambu and a textile worker, was buried under the rubble when an old toilet block of a dilapidated building of the Govt MCH caved in around 10:30 am on Thursday. While authorities claimed the building was in disuse and closed to the public, bystanders of patients at the spot said many of them had been using the toilets inside th...