Mysore/Mysuru: Considering COVID -19 as a deadly epidemic disease, the KPTCL (Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited) has agreed to bear 75 percent of the expenses incurred for the treatment of its employees who have contracted the deadly contagion. It has also announced that measures will be taken for quick reimbursement of medical bills submitted after…
But can one ramp up ICU beds from 10,000 to 10,00,000 in 10 months? By Vishwaprasad Alva Seventy-four years since independence and where are we in healthcare coverage? Not many of us know that in the last 7 decades the nation has built less than 20,000 ICU beds in the whole country. In March 2020,…
No area-to-area vehicle movement; only walking Mysore/Mysuru: The first lot to leave Mysuru ahead of tomorrow’s lockdown that will begin at 6 am till 6 am on May 24 was migrant workers from Bihar. More than 300 of them, accompanied by families and mask-wearing toddlers, left for Danapur in Bihar in a one-way ‘Festival Special…
Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when COVID-19 continues to choke the city’s medical infrastructure, a team of Police and health officials visited various Private Hospitals late last night to physically audit the number of beds, availability and examined the process of bed allotment. The team comprised City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, Superintendent of Police (SP) C.B….
Vaccination only against scheduled appointment at major Govt. Hospitals and Medical Colleges Bengaluru: Covid vaccination will be done to citizens in the age group of 18 to 44 years at all major Government Hospitals and Medical Colleges from tomorrow, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Speaking to mediapersons here this morning, he…
Mysore/Mysuru: As the number of Corona positive cases and deaths is increasing day by day in the district, patients and doctors are exchanging barbs with their complaints. The patients, who are being treated at District Covid Hospital, have complained of lack of care by doctors and non-availability of medicines. Countering this, doctors contended that they have…
Mysore/Mysuru: Free vaccination sites may be forced to put up ‘No Stock’ board in front of the centres in city from May 11 if the fresh stock of vaccine failed to arrive within the next 48 hours. Highly placed sources told SOM that as on today, they have a stock of 12,000 doses which may…
Mysore/Mysuru: Krishnaraja (KR) MLA S.A. Ramdas launched a novel programme of putting up a white flag with an image of Coronavirus CPOVIin front of houses of Corona positive patients and distribution of medical kit for them in the Constituency yesterday at Ward No. 51 in Rajaram Agrahara. Speaking on the occasion, the MLA said while…
New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the emergency use of DRDO’s anti-COVID-19 therapeutic oral drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) as adjunct therapy in moderate to severe COVID-19 patients. On May 1, the DCGI granted permission for ‘Emergency Use’ of this drug. Being a generic molecule and analogue of glucose, it can be…
Ensuring health management of those in home quarantine so that depression is kept at bay Mysore/Mysuru: In the absence of a medical cure for COVID-19, the needed response is a simple public health strategy of isolation for those infected or at risk, reduced social contact to slow the spread of the virus and simple hygiene…
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