Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Chapter of Indian Medical Association(IMA), in association with Karnataka Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) paid candle light homage to medical staff, who passed away while on COVID-19 duty, near the District Health Officer’s Office in Nazarbad here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, IMA Mysuru Chapter President Dr. Suresh Rudrappa expressed concern over…
A Wounded Healer: The experience of a Covid doctor
August 24, 2020By Dr. Keerthana Rajkumar, MD, M.Sc (Cardiology) It was 2 pm on a hot and humid afternoon in Vellore. I was slightly late for my shift. Hustling through the hospital corridors, suddenly I felt uneasy. In my head I was going over the sequence in which I had to ‘don’ my PPE. My mother’s voice…
Hindustan College announces ‘COVID Warrior Ward Scheme’
August 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hindustan First Grade College (HFGC), J.P. Nagar, affiliated to University of Mysore, offers courses in B.Com, BCA, B.Sc Fashion Designing and BBA Aviation Management with International Air Transport Association (IATA) Certification. The Hindustan Group of Institutions has announced a unique All India ‘Adopt a COVID Warrior Ward Scheme.’ Under this scheme, selected wards of…
Dedicated COVID Enquiry Call Centre for MCC staff
August 4, 2020‘Televerification and Communication Team’ set up for well-being of Mysuru City Corporation employees Mysore/Mysuru: If West Bengal Government has formed a unique “Coronavirus Disease Warrior Club” comprising patients who have recovered from the viral infection and who are deployed in Hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, the Mysuru District Administration has also set up a dedicated Call…
Covid-19 warriors to be invited for muted I-Day celebration: DC
July 27, 2020School children not a part of festivities due to Coronavirus pandemic Mysore/Mysuru: For the first time in 74 years, Independence Day (I-Day) celebrations across the nation will be a low-key affair with fewer guests invited and school children not a part of the festivities due to Coronavirus pandemic. Instead, doctors, hospital workers, sanitation workers as…
Rush to be Corona Warriors
July 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing its efforts to ramp-up healthcare workforce in the fight against COVID-19, Mysuru District Administration has begun the process of recruiting nurses, ayahs and laboratory technicians. Interviews are being conducted at the Office of the District Health Officer in Nazarbad. Hundreds of candidates, mainly women, are assembling in front of the DHO Office since…
16 infected frontline warriors admitted to Vikram Jeshta Hospital
July 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Over 16 frontline COVID warriors who have been infected by Coronavirus have been admitted and are being treated at Vikram Jeshta Hospital on Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri. Henceforth all those who are in the forefront of combating the pandemic and who get infected in the line of duty will be admitted here. There are…
Exclusive hospital for frontline warriors to open tomorrow
July 20, 2020DC inspects Vikram Jeshta Hospital readied to receive COVID warriors Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are not the only ones fighting the battle against Coronavirus. Other key workers who often go unnoticed like the Police, security guards, utility workers and garbage collectors continue to fight the pandemic. Frontline warriors too account for many COVID-19…
The New Normal: Cultivating a Covid Lifestyle
July 3, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I’m sure that I’ll not be wrong if I say that nothing has shaken the present generations of mankind as much as the current Covid-19 crisis has done. There has simply been no natural calamity or man-made catastrophe that can match its fear-mongering capacity and this only seems to…
Mysuru’s COVID Medical Warriors go home after 24 days
April 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors and nursing staff drenched in sweat after wearing critical care Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for long hours personify the heroism of Coronavirus pandemic. They put themselves in harm’s way to treat their patients. These doctors and medical staff have gone through a tough time during the fight against the pandemic and they have…
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