Mysore/Mysuru: With the construction of the ambitious Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Bhavan in the heart of the city lying in limbo for years, Social Welfare Minister B. Sriramulu directed the officials to expedite the works on the project. Sriramulu, who held a meeting along with Mysuru District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar at Vikasa Soudha in…
Dr. K. Sudhakar gets Health Portfolio too
October 12, 2020Sriramulu is Social Welfare Minister Bengaluru: With the COVID-19 pandemic causing havoc in the State, Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa in a minor portfolio re-allocation exercise, allotted the Health and Family Welfare portfolio, held by B. Sriramulu, to Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar this morning. The CM’s move is said to be aimed at streamlining the…
Sait appeals Health Minister to sanction 50 oxygenated beds at Beedi Workers’ Hospital
October 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja (NR) MLA Tanveer Sait has asked Health Minister B. Sriramulu to give administrative approval to establish 50 oxygenated beds at Central Beedi Workers’ Hospital at Kalyangiri here. In a letter to the Minister, Sait said that preparations are underway to have Corona Care Centre at Beedi Workers’ Hospital, the third Centre in N.R….
Safety measures will be in place during Dasara: Health Minister
October 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that all necessary precautionary and safety measures will be taken strictly in accordance with the Centre’s guidelines for Dasara-2020, Health Minister B. Sriramulu said that though Dasara will be a simple affair, it will be celebrated with extreme caution in the wake of the rampant spread of COVID-19 in Mysuru district. Speaking to…
Minister Dr. Sudhakar rules out fresh lockdown
September 24, 2020PM chairs high-level virtual meeting with CMs and Health Ministers of 7 States including Karnataka New Delhi: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly suggested seven States which are contributing 83 percent of COVID-19 deaths daily for fresh round of lockdown, Karnataka Government has denied any such suggestion and ruled out imposing lockdown again. Medical…
Govt. doctors warn of stopping OPD services from next Monday
September 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government yet to respond to their demands that included an end to pay disparity, regularisation of contract doctors who have completed three years of service and protection against assaults at work place, the Karnataka Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) has warned of stopping OPD (Out Patient Department) services at all Government Hospitals…
Contract doctors’ services to be regularised: Minister
July 8, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government will take up the issue of regularisation of services of 600 contract doctors during the next Cabinet meeting, said Health Minister B. Sriramulu. Salaries of the doctors on contract were recently raised to Rs. 60,000 from Rs. 45,000 after they threatened to quit. The doctors, who met Sriramulu to submit their…
Govt. to set up ‘Open Hospitals’ if Corona cases rise rapidly: Health Minister
May 25, 2020Chitradurga: Amid concerns over rising COVID-19 cases in the State, Health Minister B. Sriramulu said that the State Government is planning to set up ‘Open Hospitals’ since there are indications of a rapid spurt of the deadly pandemic in June and July. Speaking to presspersons at Molakalmuru in the district, which Constituency he represents in…
Don’t heed to rumours, says Govt. amid COVID-19 scare
March 4, 2020284 people under home isolation, observation across State for symptoms Bengaluru: Seeking to allay fear among the citizens in the wake of Coronavirus scare, Karnataka Health Minister B. Sriramulu and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar have made an appeal to the people not to pay heed to rumours spreading on social media. Addressing media…
New District Hospital without medical equipment and staff inaugurated
January 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: State Health Minister B. Sriramulu inaugurated the new District Hospital built in the premises of ED (Epidemic Diseases) Hospital on KRS road here last evening. Although the building was inaugurated, the new hospital does not have either the medical equipments nor the medical and para-medical staff at present and hence, there will be a…
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