Mysore/Mysuru: Now, the kith and kin can conduct the last rites of COVID-19 deceased as per their customs but under strict Government conditions, said Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at the COVID-19 review meeting held at ZP Hall here yesterday. Following a Government directive, the last rites of COVID victims were hitherto being conducted by…
Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar has directed officials from all concerned departments to work with more responsibility and faster in keeping pace with the Deputy Commissioner (DC) in order to bring down the fatality rate of COVID-19 patients. He was speaking at the COVID-19 review meeting held at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall here yesterday. Expressing…
Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration and the Department of Health and Family Welfare, in a bid to prevent COVID-19 (Coronavirus) from spreading and also to control the increasing positive cases and related deaths, are continuing the Rapid Antigen Tests at various places in city. Tests are being conducted at CITB Choultry at Hebbal, Town Hall, Kurubarahalli…
No SOS for we the people By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It is a very well-known fact that in our country our leaders have two different sets of rules. One set is exclusively for themselves and their families and the other is for all the people who place them on their pedestals of power…
MLA urges DC to minimise inconvenience to patients Tanveer Sait appeals DC Abhiram Sankar to give powers to Zonal Health Officers at PHCs to sign recommendation letters DHO complains about private hospitals forcing patients to sign bonds Mysore/Mysuru: COVID-19 infected patients who want to avail treatment in private hospitals under Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka Scheme have…
Mysore/Mysuru: There is an increase in the number of passengers travelling the KSRTC buses which had hit a new low in the initial days of lockdown relaxation due to COVID-19 fears. At present, city buses are operating 150 to 200 trips on an average daily, with the passenger useage improving by the day. During normal…
Bengaluru: Following a Supreme Court direction, the State has made changes in the discharge criteria for COVID patients. Patients now have to undergo seven days of home isolation with self-monitoring after discharge, while it was 14 days earlier. The clause for 14-day home quarantine for severely ill patients after discharge has been removed. COVID patients…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC An interesting discourse by Sri Radheswami: Imagine you plant a seed and water it everyday for the whole year. Nothing happens. How would one react? With disgust and anger? In China there is a type of bamboo tree which needs watering everyday for 5 years. Yes, you heard…
Modern facility has 246 beds and 46 ventilators; SARI and ILI patients to be admitted there: DC Mysore/Mysuru: The new and ultra-modern Mysuru Trauma Care Centre in PKTB premises on KRS Road will be used as another COVID-19 Hospital in the wake of rising Coronavirus cases, said Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar here this morning. …
DC asks hospitals, healthcare staff not to reuse PPE kits and discard them as per protocol Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration should hold an exclusive blood (plasma) donation camp to encourage COVID-recovered patients to donate their plasma to help other Coronavirus patients to recover, opined Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait. Meeting Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at…
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