Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City and District Retail Druggists Association members submitted a memorandum to Medical Education and Health Minister Dr.K.Sudhakar and District Minister S.T.Somashekar appealing them to treat pharmacists as Corona Warriors and inoculate them with COVID-19 vaccine along with health workers. Led by Association President M.Raju, Secretary C.K. Arun and Joint Secretary S.Devaraj, they met…
Gastrointestinal tract in the tentacles of COVID-19
October 27, 2020By Dr. A.K. Satheesh Rao, Senior Consultant in Gastroenterology, Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Mysuru A 40-year-old man came to my OPD in the end of June with complaints of nausea and severe tiredness since one week. I got all routine investigations done for him. The reports came normal. He was given the medicines but came back…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: October 25, 2020
October 25, 2020Mysuru reports 140 new COVID-19 positive cases, 366 discharges and 2 deaths today.
State gears up system for COVID-19 vaccination
October 24, 2020Bengaluru: Karnataka has initiated the preparedness activities and collection of data of healthcare workers as per guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) given by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Medical Education and Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has said “while it is the aim of our Government to provide vaccination to each and…
Post-Dasara, RT-PCR result within 24 hours: DC
October 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Post- Dasara, the citizens need not wait for four long days to know result of RT-PCR test conducted free of cost at 23 locations spread across the City as it will be available in 24 hours. Thanks to the installation of Liquid Handling System at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) laboratory, it…
Pvt. Hospitals under watch
October 23, 2020DC forms team to check excess billing for COVID patients in General Ward only Call Mob: 74112-20187 or Mob: 94498-43060 to lodge complaints Mysore/Mysuru: Taking serious note of complaints about fleecing of COVID-19 patients by Private Hospitals under the garb of treatment, the District Administration has requested citizens to bring it to its notice hefty…
Degree colleges to re-open from Nov. 17
October 23, 2020Bengaluru: All degree, engineering and diploma colleges will re-open from Nov. 17 according to University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines and COVID-19 protocol, said Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. Talking to reporters after meeting Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa here this morning, he said students will not be forced to attend the college as they are…
MLA Nagendra inspects Trauma Care Centre in city
October 23, 2020Asks officials to prepare a 250-bed unit to treat COVID patients Mysore/Mysuru: Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra on Wednesday, inspected the ongoing works of the new and ultra-modern Mysuru Trauma Care Centre in PKTB premises on KRS Road and conducted an inspection. The MLA conducted an inspection as the works of the Trauma Care Centre and…
No proof of COVID-19 spread through newspapers: Union Health Minister
October 22, 2020New Delhi: Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday that there was no scientific evidence to prove that Sars-Cov-2 virus, the virus that causes Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), was transmitted through newspapers and that it is “totally safe to read newspapers.” “Call your hawker now as newspapers spreading the virus is a baseless rumour; it…
A big feat by ‘Namma Doddaspatre’
October 22, 2020In Mysuru District 2,54,587 COVID tests have been conducted till Oct. 20 out of which 1,00,613 have been tested at MMC&RI Microbiology Laboratory (K.R. Hospital). Out of that, 89,589 patients belonged to Mysuru District while 11,024 were from neighbouring districts. Of the total 9,295 positive cases, 8,926 persons belonged to Mysuru District and 369 to…
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