‘State Government not yet woken up to desperate need for rationing oxygen’ Mysore/Mysuru: Hours after Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha objected to the visit of Mandya District Minister K.C. Narayanagowda and Chamarajanagar District Minister S. Suresh Kumar along with Police escort to carry oxygen cylinders from Mysuru’s refilling plants, Chamundeshwari MLA and former Minister G.T. Devegowda…
Chamarajanagar-like incidents averted in Bengaluru
May 7, 2021Bengaluru: Two senior BJP leaders — Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan and Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Chairman S.R. Vishwanath—, have averted Chamarajanagar-like incidents in Bengaluru on Wednesday night and on Thursday, after two Hospitals in their Constituencies, were about to go out of oxygen supply. They immediately swung into action, arranged for oxygen cylinders…
Chamarajanagar tragedy was waiting to happen
May 6, 2021On Apr. 23, 30 oxygen cylinders were rushed from Kollegal to save patients at the nick of time Kollegal: Ten days before the Chamarajanagar tragedy occurred where 24 COVID-19 patients died at the District Hospital owing to lack of oxygen, the District was severely facing oxygen shortage and all appeals by doctors for oxygen replenishment…
Police teams raid to confiscate records
May 6, 2021Chamarajanagar: Following the Karnataka High Court order to the State Government to immediately seize all the relevant records in the Offices of the Deputy Commissioners of Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts, and the Chamarajanagar District Hospital on oxygen supply and correspondences among the authorities in the two districts for the relevant period, a team of Police…
Not 24 but 28 died due to oxygen crisis: Former CM
May 5, 2021‘DC, Health Minister are giving contradictory statements about oxygen shortage’ Chamarajanagar: Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education Dr. K. Sudhakar and Chamarajanagar District Minister S. Suresh Kumar should take moral responsibility for the disaster…
251 oxygen cylinders sent to Chamarajanagar: Mysuru DC Rohini Sindhuri
May 5, 2021I have never faced such an allegation in my 10-year service: Rohini Sindhuri Mysuru: Following a press release issued by Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner Dr. M.R. Ravi putting Mysuru District Administration in a tight spot over oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri has issued a detailed clarification. Rohini Sindhuri has released a copy…
One-Man Commission under retired Judge to investigate
May 5, 2021Mysuru and Chamarajanagar DCs ordered to handover all documents to Health Commissioner Bengaluru: A day after Karnataka High Court (HC) indicated that it is inclined to appointing a retired HC Judge to hold an inquiry under the Commission of Inquiry Act into the death of 24 patients at the Chamarajanagar District Hospital allegedly due to…
Chamarajanagar tragedy: MLA blames lack of Co-ordination between Mysuru and Chamarajanagar DCs
May 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the tragic incident at Chamarajanagar, where 24 Covid patients allegedly died in a duration of 24 hours at the District Hospital for want of Medical Oxygen, K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh has blamed lack of co-ordination between the Deputy Commissioners of Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts. Addressing a press meet at…
Wails pierce walls of Chamarajanagar Hospital
May 4, 2021Chamarajanagar: The death of 24 COVID patients in Chamarajanagar District Hospital within 24 hours due to oxygen shortage has sent shock-waves among the relatives of patients who are yet to come to terms with the tragedy. While a host of VIPs are visiting Chamarajanagar and at a time when Government authorities and political leaders are…
Probe begins into deaths due to oxygen shortage
May 4, 2021Chamarajanagar DC takes officials to task for leaking ‘unofficial’ death audit report Chamarajanagar: Senior IAS Officer and KSRTC Managing Director Shivayogi Kalasad arrived in Chamarajanagar this morning to investigate the deaths of 24 COVID-19 patients due to oxygen shortage. The State Government has appointed Kalasad to probe the incident and submit a report within three…
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