Mysore/Mysuru: Amid rising COVID-19 cases, a nationwide mock drill to take stock of hospital preparedness was held this morning where both public and private facilities were assessed for their readiness to combat the pandemic in case there is an outbreak like in 2020 and 2021. As on today, Mysuru has 43 COVID-positive cases and three…
Hands-on training in critical care to take on fourth wave
March 31, 2022Two-day workshop at District Hospital on Emergency and Critical Care Mentoring Mysore/Mysuru: China’s decision to impose fresh lockdowns has sent worrying signals to India amid intense speculations about a possible fourth wave of the Coronavirus hitting the country in the days to come. Though the COVID-19 situation in India remains fully under control with a…
Dedicated Wards to be established at District Hospital to treat Delta variants
June 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: After vehement denials by the District Administration and the District Health Officer (DHO) about the presence of the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 in Mysuru, it has now come to light that in fact Mysuru is the first district in Karnataka that has reported the deadly variant. Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar himself revealed…
‘Oxygen Plant in District Hospital to be commissioned in a month’
June 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha visited the District Hospital premises on KRS Road here yesterday and inspected the site where the second Liquid Oxygen Generator Plant will be installed by NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) under a Central Government plan. Speaking to Star of Mysore, MP Pratap Simha said that the NHAI is installing…
Staff shortage at District Hospital: Patients, doctors exchange barbs
May 9, 2021Mysore/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…
Youth turns back on his father after discharge from Hospital
April 26, 2021An instance of deteriorating human relationships in COVID times Mysore/Mysuru: The Coronavirus contagion has had significant effects on family and social relationships. While some have been strengthened, others have come under severe strain. Cooped up at homes, many have felt the strain on relationships as they worry about health, profession and finances — a domestic…
District Hospital begins to issue COVID Death Certificates
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The process of issuing automated and printed death certificates for people who die of Coronavirus infection at the designated COVID-19 Hospital — District Hospital on KRS Road — has begun since yesterday and the relatives of the deceased can approach the Hospital for the death certificates. Till now the certificates were being issued manually…
Gold chain robbed from the dead
August 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An incident of miscreants allegedly robbing a gold chain of a woman, who died of COVID at the COVID Hospital, has come to light lately. A 56-year-old woman, who was admitted to the COVID Hospital on KRS Road after she tested positive, succumbed to the disease at the Hospital on Aug. 12. But when…
Mysuru reports 372 new COVID cases, 13 deaths on Aug. 3
August 4, 2020Mandya sees 152 new COVID cases, Kodagu reports 39 and Chamarajanagar sees 52 new cases and one death Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district has reported 372 new COVID positive cases yesterday bringing the total positives in the district to 5,192, according to the media bulletin received last evening. A total of 2,066 patients have been discharged so…
COVID Warrior dies of Coronavirus
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A Government Ayurveda doctor, who had served as a Corona Warrior by treating COVID positive patients, has died of COVID just two days after his retirement. He was 60. The doctor, a resident of Udayagiri in city, had served as the District AYUSH Officer at Chamarajanagar and had retired from service on July 31. …
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