Bengaluru: One lakh vaccines are being kept reserved daily for admi-nistering second dose. Online registration for second dose will be introduced to avoid queuing up near the vaccine centres, said Deputy Chief Minister and State COVID Ministerial Task Force Chairman Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. Replying to a query after the launch of O2forIndia initiative, he said…
MLA distributes medicines for Covid patients
May 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration has opened 11 Covid Mitra Centres in Chamundeshwari Assembly Constituency in the wake of spurt in Corona positive cases. These Centres will function from 10 am to 6 pm daily. MLA G.T. Devegowda, who distributed medicine kits yesterday, discussed Covid situation with Tahsildhar K.R. Rakshith, Taluk Health Officer and Taluk Panchayat…
Mandya companies evince interest to set up oxygen plants: DC
May 13, 2021Mandya: Deputy Commissioner S. Aswathi has said that several factories and companies have extended co-operation to the District Administration to set up oxygen units in all Taluks in the wake of demand from Corona positive patients. Participating in a video-conference here yesterday, she said the State Government has approved setting up of two oxygen generating…
Former IPS officer K.V.R. Tagore passes away
May 13, 2021Bengaluru: Former IPS Officer K.V. Ravindranath Tagore (K.V.R. Tagore) passed away at a private Hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday following brief illness. He was 72. He leaves behind his wife, a son and a daughter. Last rites were performed yesterday evening on the outskirts of Bengaluru, according to family sources. A native of Sringeri in…
Dowry Death: Accused commits suicide at temporary jail
May 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A man, accused in a dowry death case, has committed suicide by hanging self at the temporary jail at Kailaspuram here in the wee hours of today. The deceased is Pradeep, a resident of SBM Colony in Srirampura 2nd Stage in city. Pradeep, along with his mother Saroja and father Chaluvanayaka were accused of…
Sale of Remdesivir injection in black market: CCB Police arrest five accused, recover injection vials
May 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, who busted two rackets pertaining to sale of Remdesivir injections in black market, have arrested five persons. The arrested are 27-year-old G. Suresh, a staff nurse at a private hospital in J.P. Nagar here, 27-year-old D.M. Raghavendra and Ashok, both staff nurses at city’s Government Hospital, 20-year-old K….
Agrawal Samaj distributes Medicine Kits for COVID-19 patients
May 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Agrawal Samaj, Mysuru, started ‘Agrawal Hands’ for the needy a few years ago and has been responding to their needs. In the present COVID crisis, they first responded to the need for firewood at graveyards for timely cremation and are now supplying the wood regularly. Responding to the medicine requirement at different COVID Centres…
Congress leader donates Oxygen concentrator and BiPAP machines
May 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Contributing his mite for mitigating COVID crisis, Congress leader K. Harish Gowda donated Oxygen Concentrator and BiPAP machines to Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri at her office on Tuesday. Later speaking to press persons Harish Gowda said that he has donated an Oxygen Concentrator, 4 Oxygen BiPAPs and 1,000 face masks to the DC, after…
‘World will not win battle against COVID without nurses’
May 13, 2021According to Indian Nursing Council, of the 20 lakh registered nurses in India, 18 lakh are from Kerala Kochi: The Covid-19 pandemic has not just rattled lives of millions but has put Indian healthcare machinery under tremendous pressure. From doctors to nurses to support staff, thousands of healthcare professionals have fallen to this deadly virus…
Follow syndromic approach to admit COVID patients
May 13, 2021Bengaluru: Facing a flood of COVID-19 false negative test reports, the Karnataka Government has issued circular directing hospitals to adopt a syndromic approach to admit COVID-19 patients. Syndromic management involves clinical decision making based on a patient’s symptoms and signs being manifested. Medical experts here along with their pathology counterparts use an algorithm designed flow-chart…
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