Mysore/Mysuru: As Mysuru is witnessing surge in COVID-19 cases with increased number of causalities every day, the staff members of Mukthidhama in Vijayanagar 4th Stage are facing increased workload than ever before. K.R. Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr. N. Nanjundaswamy said that the crematorium staff are now working under a lot of pressure. “Here, we cremate…
“We don’t want beds, just give us oxygen”
May 6, 2021Patients at K.R. Hospital avail treatment outside COVID Ward Mysore/Mysuru: Frantic calls for life-saving oxygen is becoming louder by the day as Mysuru grapples with a deepening COVID-19 crisis and dwindling medical supplies. In fact, at the State-run K.R. Hospital where more than 600 Coronavirus patients are being treated, patients who are eager to be…
New Tulsidas Hospital is now a COVID Health Centre
May 6, 2021Of the 100 beds, 70 to be oxygenated; admission only through District War Room Trial runs for 50 beds begin; facility to open for patients from next week Mysore/Mysuru: A 72-year-old maternity hospital — Seth Mohandas Tulsidas Hospital on JLB Road — has paved way for a high-tech 100-bed designated COVID Health Centre in city…
“First supply oxygen to Mysuru, then to other Districts”
May 6, 2021Minister tells oxygen manufacturing plants, refilling units Mysore/Mysuru: All medical oxygen manufacturing plants and refilling units have been strictly told to meet the demand of Mysuru District first and then to address demand from other districts, said Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar. Speaking at a meeting held at MCC premises here this morning to…
Crowd Concern: Sub-Registrar offices turning out to be COVID hotspots
May 4, 2021People continue to flood markets and public places Mysore/Mysuru: The mandatory COVID-19 protocols are going for a toss every day in Mysuru despite lockdown-like measures, causing concern. These crowds, with barely any mask and no social distancing can prove to be super-spreaders. In fact, crowds, in their enthusiasm to purchase essentials, are tending to forget…
IPL-2021 suspended indefinitely
May 4, 2021New Delhi: The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting this afternoon unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021, with immediate effect after several players and support staff tested positive for COVID-19. “The tournament has been suspended indefinitely. We will try to conduct…
24 COVID patients die in Chamarajanagar
May 3, 2021Patient relatives allege mismanagement; CM calls for emergency meeting tomorrow Chamarajanagar: Over 24 COVID-19 patients died in Chamarajanagar and according to the District Administration as many as 12 patients died due to lack of oxygen as the hospital ran short of supply of the critical gas and other patients died due to various co-morbidities. The…
Hotspot villages in Mandya district sealed
May 3, 2021Mandya: With the district witnessing a sudden surge in COVID cases and a rise in the number of deaths, the Mandya district administration has started seal-down of villages, which have turned out as Corona Hotspots in the past couple of days. The seal-down of Hotspot villages has started in Mandya, Srirangapatna and Pandavapura taluks, which…
Don’t Rush: Stores to remain open from 6 am to 12 noon
May 2, 2021All four major markets in city centre closed till further orders Santhepet traders argue with Cops, Mysuru City Corporation Officers Mysore/Mysuru: Seeing mad rush of people in city markets to buy essential goods during four hours relaxation in ongoing Corona Curfew, the State Government has relaxed time by another two hours to enable citizens to…
‘Don’t worry, we are with you’: DC assures citizens
May 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Assuring Mysureans that the District Administration is doing everything to save previous lives from the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri said the current situation may continue for some time in view of influx of Corona positive patients to Mysuru from the neighbouring districts. “We are doing everything to streamline the supply of oxygen,…
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