Facility to help people who are desperate for plasma from COVID-recovered patients Mysore/Mysuru: Plasma therapy for critically ill COVID-19 patients is set to get a boost in Mysuru as a new Apheresis machine to extract blood plasma will arrive in city this afternoon or evening. The consignment has already left Solapur in Maharashtra. It is…
Egg prices head north in city
September 20, 2020Doctors’ advice to eat eggs to boost immunity, supply shortage contribute to price increase Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors’ advice to eat eggs daily to boost immunity to fight COVID-19 and shortage of supply as many birds were culled in the past following bird flu scare have shot up egg prices in Mysuru. Each egg is sold at…
Ayush Dept. opens COVID Care Centre at KSOU premises
September 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following increase in Corona Positive cases in Mysuru, Department of Ayush has started Covid Care Centre (CCC) in the premises of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in city. MLA L. Nagendra inaugurated the CCC yesterday and inspected facilities. Speaking on the occasion, he said this was the first CCC established by Ayush Department in…
Karnataka signs MoU with Gujarat companies for oxygen supply
September 20, 2020Bengaluru: In the wake of reports of shortage of oxygen, the State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat-based companies for the supply of oxygen, said Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Talking to reporters here yesterday, he claimed there is no shortage of oxygen. But as a precaution, the Karnataka…
City BJP felicitates photojournalists, videographers for COVID fight
September 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of its initiative of honouring Corona Warriors who are at the frontline in the battle against the deadly pandemic, the City BJP felicitated over 35 photojournalists and videographers at a programme organised at Vidyashankara Kalyana Mantapa near Gun House Circle here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, District Minister S.T. Somashekar, who holds…
97 People died on board Shramik Special Trains
September 20, 2020Government tells Parliament in first such admission New Delhi: The Government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown. In a written answer to a…
No dormitory for patients’ attendants at Cheluvamba Hospital
September 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: For people accompanying pregnant women to the State-run Cheluvamba Hospital for child birth, earth is the bed and sky is a blanket. It may sound strange, but true. A dip in mercury coupled with occasional rain is posing more problems for the people taking shelter outside the Hospital. After dark, many of them are…
As 30 MPs test positive, Parliament may cut short Monsoon Session
September 19, 2020New Delhi: With more than 30 MPs testing positive over the last week, there is a palpable sense of concern and apprehension in Parliament over the spread of COVID. The situation has prompted stricter protocol and raised the possibility of the ongoing Monsoon Session being wound up next week. According to sources, if the Bills…
Strengthen all State and District Hospitals: Siddu tells BSY
September 19, 2020Blames Govt. for spike in Corona positive cases 40 recovered patients donate Plasma in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: Leader of Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly Siddharamaiah has flayed the State Government for its failure to tackle Covid-19 situation resulting in the explosion of positive cases across the State. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Plasma Donation’ camp…
COVID Warrior in plain sight
September 19, 2020As Covid-19 rages on and ravages our lungs, the demand for oxygen is at an all-time high. So high that the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Karnataka Chapter has stated that oxygen cylinders will not be enough and recommends that the Government invest in liquid oxygen tanks in Hospitals with more than 150-200 beds….
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