Reason: Poor ventilation Mysore/Mysuru: Just a week after top officials from the District Administration proposed setting up of a 800-bed COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium as an additional facility for the care of infected patients, the District Administration has now temporarily shelved the plan for want of proper ventilation. MUDA Commissioner…
Three COVID Care Centres to come up at NR Constituency
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the District Administration is looking at various options to control COVID-19 spread including imposition of mini-lockdown in some areas of Narasimharaja (NR) Constituency from where many Coronavirus positive cases are reported on a daily basis, three COVID Care Centres (CCCs) are being readied in the Constituency to help fight the deadly pandemic….
Mysore Varsity, KSOU hostels as COVID Care facilities
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As most beds in the important hospitals are occupied or reserved for COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic, the State Government plans to convert even hostels belonging to educational institutes and universities to treat not-so-critical patients at the temporary COVID Care Centres. Taking facilities available in educational institutes is among the latest measures adopted by…
800-bed Covid Care Centre at Chamundi Vihar Stadium
July 14, 2020Second such facility in city after KSOU Academic Block Now, Mysuru District has 3,500 beds ready for COVID care Mysore/Mysuru: The outbreak of COVID-19 brought to a standstill all the academic, sporting and business activities across the globe during the initial stages in March this year. With no respite from the deadly pandemic any sooner,…
KSOU Academic Bhavan at Mandakalli readied as COVID Care Centre
July 11, 2020District Minister inspects 530-bed facility along with DC Mysore/Mysuru: A full-fledged COVID Care Centre (CCC) has been established at the Academic Bhavan of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) near Mysore Airport at Mandakalli. The facility has 530 beds and Coronavirus positive patients with mild symptoms will be admitted here. Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar visited…
Guidelines for establishing COVID Care Centres
July 11, 2020Managed by RWAs, AOAs, Companies in their own premises Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government is establishing COVID Care Centres (CCCs) for isolation and management of asymptomatic and mild symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Government/ private institutions like Ashrams, Exhibition Centres, Bhavans, etc. In this context, a number of Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs)/ Apartments Owners Associations (AOAs) have…
Care centres being readied for COVID-19 infected MCC employees
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Days after a Health Section employee tested positive for the deadly COVID-19, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is gearing up for establishing a special care centre for its employees as five of its staff, including a Health Inspector and a case worker, have tested positive. The MCC is also awaiting the Lab reports of…
10,100-bed COVID-care facility comes up in Bengaluru
July 6, 2020Bengaluru: A massive COVID-Care Centre with over 10,100 beds is set to be opened at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bengaluru. It is set to be the largest COVID-Care Centre and will house COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Civic officials said the 10,100-bedded facility will be the country’s largest….
Taluk Panchayat to set up four COVID Care Centres
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With an expert committee report expressing concern that Mysuru may record over 10,000 COVID-19 cases by the end of this year, mainly due to returnees from high risk States such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, the Mysuru Taluk Panchayat (TP) has laid out plans to meet any such emergencies. At the monthly KDP…
SWR converts 320 Railway Coaches into COVID Care Centres
May 8, 2020Transformed coaches to be placed at 14 Stations including Mysuru Hubballi: Engineers, technicians, workers and supervisors of South Western Railway (SWR) have successfully converted 320 air-conditioned train coaches into Isolation Wards, providing a clean, sanitised and hygienic surroundings for COVID-19 patients to comfortably recover. The target set by the Railway Ministry to SWR was 314…
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