Expected to aid healthy growth of pre-term babies by feeding processed breast milk Mysore/Mysuru: A Human Milk Bank, soon set to be established at Cheluvamba Hospital for Women and Children in the city, aims to provide a crucial lifeline for pre-term babies. In Mysuru district, where approximately 22 to 25 percent of births are pre-term,…
Cheluvamba Hospital to get Mobile NICU
February 20, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent infant mortality in Mysuru District, the State-run Cheluvamba Hospital will soon get a cutting-edge mobile Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), also called a neonatal ambulance, that has been launched Statewide for emergency treatment of new-borns. This new addition, under Integrated Management of Neonatal and Child ICU, aims to ensure…
Housewife, labourer allegedly murdered in separate incidents
October 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, a housewife and a labourer were found allegedly murdered in city. While the housewife was found murdered at her house on the 1st Main Road in Kumbarakoppal, the labourer was found killed at the Children’s Ward in Cheluvamba Hospital in city. In the first incident, the housewife, identified as Pushpa (43),…
Mismanagement at K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital: Upa Lokayukta initiates suo motu case against officials
June 29, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Upa Lokayukta Justice K.N. Phaneendra has taken a proactive step by initiating suo motu proceedings against the authorities accountable for the mismanagement of K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital in Mysuru, which are affiliated with Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI). The initiation of the proceedings comes a week after Justice Phaneendra visited the…
Upa Lokayukta visits K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital
June 19, 2023Staff, officers pulled up for lapses, lack of hygiene Mysore/Mysuru: Upa Lokayukta K.N. Phaneendra conducted a surprise visit to K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital yesterday and expressed his dissatisfaction with the authorities regarding the substandard maintenance, lack of hygiene and inefficient utilisation of resources. Inspecting the Surgical Block (Stone Building) that is being renovated, Emergency…
230 nurses appointed to MMC&RI-attached hospitals
June 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In a measure aimed at improving health care, the city’s Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), which is celebrating its centenary next year, has appointed 230 staff nurses to serve in its five attached hospitals. While K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital, located in the heart of the city will get 100 and 20…
MP inspects renovation works at K.R. Hospital
June 13, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha inspected the ongoing renovation works of K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital in city and also at PKTB Sanatorium on KRS road here this morning. The works are being carried out at an estimated cost of Rs. 89 crore and MP Simha carried out the inspection along with collecting information from…
Restoration of heritage Govt. Hospital buildings
June 7, 2023Centenary celebrations of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: On the cusp of historic centenary celebrations in 2024, the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) is gearing up to make the centenary a memorable one with renovated and refurbished heritage infrastructure. The repairs and renovation works at an estimated cost…
Toilet, drinking water unit and shelter at MMC&RI campus
May 31, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Various facilities built for the benefit of bereaved relatives near the mortuary and pregnant women’s screening section at Cheluvamba Hospital in the premises of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) were inaugurated by its Dean and Director Dr. K.R. Dakshayani and Rotary District Governor P.K. Ramakrishna recently. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Dakshayani…
Echo of child kidnapping incident at Cheluvamba Hospital: One gate closed; security tightened
March 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Security has been tightened at the Cheluvamba Hospital following the recent kidnapping incident of a baby girl by a woman. One of the two gates of the Hospital has been closed and only those with passes are allowed. Cheluvamba Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr. Rajendra Kumar told Star of Mysore this morning that the Hospital…
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