One arrested; Four including two medical representatives taken into custody; Accused sold 800-900 injections after filling it with cheap antibiotics, saline water Mysore/Mysuru: The City Police have busted a fake Remdesivir racket by arresting a staff nurse from a reputed hospital who used to source empty vials of the drug, fill them with cheap antibiotics…
City requires six tonnes of medical oxygen per week Tough time if patients requiring oxygen increase Mysore/Mysuru: Amid a rising COVID curve, fear of oxygen shortage looms large over private and government hospitals in city. They are facing scarcity of medical oxygen since the last one week. The situation is likely to become grim in…
Mysore/Mysuru: Urging the MCC to extend the 5 percent rebate on property tax for three more months in the wake of COVID-19 crisis, former Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa said that the MCC should also withdraw the steep hike in property tax. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Bhyrappa said that the MCC should seriously consider extension…
New Delhi: Considered as a far-reaching decision to protect citizens from COVID-19 pandemic, Government of India said citizens above 18 years of age are now eligible to take vaccination from May 1. With this, the Government has opened the major segment of the population for vaccination as Corona positive cases have crossed 2.5 lakh daily…
Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that nobody should engage in disturbing the unity and integrity of the country in the name of caste and language, Karnataka High Court Judge Ashok G. Nijagannavar stressed on the need for building a strong India. He was delivering a talk on the topic’ Judiciary and Democracy’ during the inauguration of Allama Research…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the indefinite strike launched by the employees of the four State-run Road Transport Corporations (RTCs) – KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC seeking fulfilment of their various demands entered the fourteenth day today, City Bus services returned to near normal this morning, with the operation of over 220 buses in the first shift….
Mysore/Mysuru: Old-timers are fascinated by buildings and the façades of single-screen theatres of Mysuru. But sadly many cinemas have become relics of the past and the ones that exist are struggling to survive in the age of plush multiplexes and overpriced popcorn, snacks and soft-drinks. Joining the list of theatres that were demolished to make…
Mandya: With the district witnessing a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the past few days, Mandya Deputy Commissioner S. Aswathi interacted with COVID patients via Zoom video application and inquired about facilities available at Covid Care Centres. Chairing a meeting of Health Department officials and Tahsildars of Mandya district at her office here on…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even during the first wave of COVID-19 last year, there was a huge demand for Remdesivir injections and there was a shortage in cities including Mysuru. When the pandemic was at its peak, each vial that costs Rs. 4,500 to Rs. 5,000 was sold at a whopping Rs. 1 lakh. The drug was sold…
Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) Resident Doctors’ Association staged a protest in the College premises here yesterday condemning assault on junior doctors working in the Covid Ward. According to agitating doctors, on Sunday night, a Corona positive patient died in Covid ward and his relatives wanted to come inside the…
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