Mysuru: Infant mortality is back to haunt the State-run Cheluvamba Hospital as over 9 newborn babies have died since Sept. 1, in a span of 23 days. In the last 48 hours alone, three babies, all born prematurely, died within two hours after delivery. While inconsolable parents alleged that their babies died due to medical…
Woman dies soon after delivering baby: Relatives stage protest
July 7, 2017Mysuru: Accusing the doctors of negligence, family members and relatives of a woman who died a couple of hours after giving birth to a baby, staged a demonstration in front of Cheluvamba Hospital here this morning. Rajamani (38), a resident of Brindavan Extension in city and wife of Palaniswamy, a software company employee at Bengaluru,…
District Health Officer visits Cheluvamba Hospital, reviews dengue situation
June 23, 2017To send blood samples to Manipal for further tests Mysuru: Following instructions from District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. B. Basavaraj along with other health officials visited Cheluvamba Hospital yesterday and held discussions with doctors about fever cases besides interacting with patients suffering from fever. The DHO was accompanied with MMC&RI…
Death of new-born baby: Cheluvamba Hospital RMO denies charges
May 28, 2017Mysuru: Cheluvamba Hospital authorities have denied charges of negligence, made by the parents of a new-born child, which died within hours after it was born in the hospital on Tuesday. The parents of the child, who were from Nanjangud taluk, had staged a demonstration in the hospital premises, accusing the doctors of negligence. Speaking to…
A year after maternal deaths, Cheluvamba to get HDU to handle emergency cases
March 9, 2017By S. Pushpavathi More than a year after six maternal deaths at the Cheluvamba Hospital, a High Dependency Unit (HDU) to handle emergencies will be finally set up at the hospital and it is likely to begin functioning from April. The over a century-old hospital caters to the health needs of women from Mysuru and…
Cheluvamba Hospital Pourakarmikas stage protest for wages
February 10, 2017Claiming that they were not paid wages for the past 6 months, more than 60 contract pourakarmikas working at Cheluvamba Hospital, staged a demonstration against the outsourcing agency in front of the hospital premises this morning. The pourakarmikas alleged that their employer M/s Cauvery Enterprises, Hebbal had not paid wages to them for nearly 6…











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