Bengaluru: Amid surge of Coronavirus cases in Karnataka, the State Health Department has recognised that unnecessary excessive oxygen therapy is being administered to patients, compelling it to issue guidelines on use of the gas, an official said yesterday. In the event of oxygen saturation level being greater than or equal to 94 percent in a…
Mysore/Mysuru: Three months after the State-run KSRTC resumed operation of buses following relaxation in COVID-19 enforced nationwide lockdown, Volvo Air-Conditioned (AC) Luxury buses of Mysuru Rural Division are yet to hit the streets due to poor commuter patronisation. As there is a common assumption that the deadly Novel Coronavirus is airbone and an AC system…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), another Swab Testing Centre has been opened at Karnataka Public School premises, behind Somani College in Kuvempunagar, which was launched by K.R. Constituency MLA S.A. Ramdas yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Ramdas said that this testing centre would be helpful for people of…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Mysuru district is preparing to receive the Chief Minister, who will be arriving to offer Bagina to Kabini Dam tomorrow (Aug. 21), top officers of the district — Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta and SP C.B. Ryshyanth — have gone into home quarantine,…
COVID financial help by Govt. not reached even 10% of drivers Mysore/Mysuru: Drivers-cum-owners of taxis in city, who have already suffered huge loss following COVID lockdown, are yet to earn their normal livelihood and now, with banks asking them to repay their loans, they are forced to sell their vehicles. Also the Rs. 5,000 financial…
Mysore/Mysuru: More than 30 tourist bus owners, drivers and owners-cum-drivers, under the banner of Mysuru District Tourist Bus Owners’ Association, staged a protest near Deputy Commissioner’s Office this morning urging for fulfilment of their various demands. They said that COVID-19 pandemic had caused severe financial crisis due to lack of business causing a lot of…
Bengaluru: “Liquid oxygen units would be established at all Government Hospitals and Medical College Hospitals and would be supplied as per the demand,” said Medical Education Minister Dr. Sudhakar. He was speaking after visiting KIMS Hospital, where he took stock of the availability of oxygen and facilities available for the patients on Tuesday. Continuing, he…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following the State Government’s guidelines restricting the Ganesha Chaturthi Festival celebrations in order to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most affected people are traditional Gowri-Ganesha idol-makers in the region. In Kumbarageri alone, which is located near Gandhi Chowk in city, there are over 20 families, who have been depending on…
Huge compost pit to recycle food waste Centre’s Nodal Officer Lt. Col. Dr. S.U. Ashok shows the way Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID Care Centre (CCC) established at the Academic Bhavan of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) at Mandakalli, which has 526 in-patients as of today, has now got a huge compost pit to convert food and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Works on the new and ultra-modern Mysuru Trauma Care Centre in PKTB premises on KRS Road to be utilised as another COVID-19 Hospital in the wake of rising Coronavirus cases is going on in full swing. At present, the works on Central Oxygen Supply System, false ceiling, screen partitions have been completed and the…
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