Fall in Corona positive cases, deaths; 50 percent beds for non-COVID cases in ESI Hospital Mysore/Mysuru: Thanks to steady decline in Corona positive cases and casualties, the Mysuru District Administration has decided to close some of the Covid Care Centres (CCCs) started by the State Government four to five months ago when the cases had…
Mysore Varsity plans to convert Guest House into Covid Care Centre
October 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) is planning to convert the Varsity Guest House into Covid Care Centre as a precautionary measure in the wake of plans to resume the academic activities from Nov. 1. At the Academic Council Meeting held here on Wednesday, Prof. G.Venkatesh Kumar, Dean, Science and Technology and Professor of Psychology, Department…
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…
Powered Air Purifying Respirators donated to COVID Centre
September 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Healthcare professionals in the fight against COVID-19 treat symptomatic, asymptomatic and emergency patients, thus putting their family and their own lives at risk. N95 masks have a OSHA APF and needs to be a tight fit which reduces the oxygen intake by up to 20%, causing Hypoxia and Hypercapnia. These are very uncomfortable and…
KSOU Academic Bhavan COVID Care Centre’s novel initiative
August 18, 2020Huge compost pit to recycle food waste Centre’s Nodal Officer Lt. Col. Dr. S.U. Ashok shows the way Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID Care Centre (CCC) established at the Academic Bhavan of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) at Mandakalli, which has 526 in-patients as of today, has now got a huge compost pit to convert food and…
Open COVID Centre at Sathagalli Bus Stand Complex: MLA
August 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait has suggested the district administration for a COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Sathagalli Bus Stand Complex in city. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Sait said that as COVID test is being conducted across the city daily, the number of positive cases too was increasing and it is necessary to establish…
Inner Wheel Club donates bed sheets, blankets & kettles to Pourakarmikas’ CCC
August 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Inner Wheel Club of Mysore District 318 donated 50 bed sheets, 50 blankets and two electric kettles, worth Rs. 11,800, to the COVID Care Centre (CCC) set up by the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) to treat COVID-infected Pourakarmikas. The materials were handed over to MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde at Zilla Panchayat premises yesterday…
Hotels become COVID Care Centres
August 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With a lot of homes not having enough rooms to isolate COVID- positive patients, hotels have started offering rooms to be converted into exclusive COVID Care Centres for non-critical and asymptomatic patients. Addressing a press meet at Mysore Hotel Owners Association premises in Krishnamurthypuram this morning, Vice President of Mysuru Association of Hospitals, Nursing…
Shifting COVID patients to hospitals, care centres a Herculean task
August 2, 2020Convincing is a major challenge Positive persons provide wrong cell phone numbers and hoodwink officials Volunteers provide information to COVID-positive persons at Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja and Chamaraja Constituencies By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Following speedy Rapid Antigen Testing undertaken at all Assembly segments of city, the number of COVID-positive cases is also increasing and the ‘Shifting Team,’…
Hotels as COVID Care Centres
July 30, 2020Win-win for business-starved Hotels and patients who do not have Home Isolation facilities Five-star Hotels and Resorts also open doors Mysore/Mysuru: Space is critical to surviving the pandemic. With a lot of homes not having enough room to isolate COVID-positive patients, hotels are offering rooms on their premises to be converted into exclusive COVID Care…
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