Mandya: The infrastructure in Government Hospitals will be upgraded by increasing the number of ICU beds and establishing oxygen generation plants throughout the district, Deputy Chief Minister and State COVID-19 Ministerial Task Force Chairman Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said here on Thursday. He visited the Covid Ward at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) by wearing…
Continue online classes for UG courses: Minister
May 22, 2021Bengaluru: The Universities and Colleges must continue online classes for all even semesters of UG programmes. Commencement of offline classes will be reviewed once the COVID situation eases, noted Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. Even those Universities and Colleges which have not completed odd semester exams of UG programmes must continue…
Mysuru still in Red Zone
May 21, 2021Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan suggests to ramp up testing Government willing to supply medicines in bulk Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District is still in ‘Red Zone’ due to unchecked cases of Corona positive cases and mortality rate and it is the responsibility of everyone to check this pandemic at any cost, said Deputy Chief Minister and COVID-19 Ministerial Task…
All PHCs to conduct Covid tests
May 21, 2021Dy. CM chairs Mysuru District Officers meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Instructions have been given to conduct Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and RT-PCR tests in all Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in the District to check the growth of COVID-19 pandemic, said Deputy Chief Minister and COVID-19 Ministerial Task Force Committee Chairman Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. He was speaking to…
‘Secret’ treatment of Black Fungus is offence, asserts COVID-19 Ministerial Task Force Head
May 21, 2021Free treatment for this disease arranged in Mysuru, Bengaluru, Hubballi, Kalaburagi, Mangaluru and Shivamogga Regional Centres Mysore/Mysuru: No Hospital must treat Black Fungus patients secretly and even patients must inform the State Government about availing treatment for this disease, said Deputy Chief Minister and COVID-19 Ministerial Task Force Committee Chairman Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. Speaking to…
No home isolation for COVID positive in rural areas, urban slums
May 16, 2021Bengaluru: The State Government has decided not to allow home isolation in rural areas and slums of urban areas to get them admitted mandatorily to COVID Care Centres (CCCs), said Deputy Chief Minister and State COVID Ministerial Task Force Head, Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. After the Task Force meeting here yesterday, he said, “In rural areas,…
COVID: Medical kits must reach home isolated within 1 hour
May 15, 2021Govt. to procure 5 lakh kits Bengaluru: In order to provide medical isolation kits to the home isolated, 5 lakh kits will be procured. Steps will be taken to ensure these kits reach the doorstep of the infected person within one hour of getting the RT-PCR test result, said Deputy Chief Minister and State COVID…
7,000 medicos to provide tele-consultation services for home isolated patients
May 8, 2021Bengaluru: In all, 7,000 medical students studying in various courses will be roped in to provide tele-consultation services to those who undergo home isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, said Deputy Chief Minister and Chairman of State COVID Task Force Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. Informing this after a meeting with Senior IAS Officer Pankaj Kumar Pandey, who is…
Stable patients to be shifted to CCCs or Step Down Hospitals
May 8, 2021Bengaluru: In order to make hospitalisation available to the needy, it has been suggested by the Treatment Protocol Committee to take stricter measures to shift 30 to 40 percent of the bed occupants who are not seriously ill but staying in the hospitals to Covid Care Centres (CCCs) or Step Down Hospitals. Deputy Chief Minister…
Classes online but exams offline: Minister clarifies
April 14, 2021Bengaluru: Higher Education Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan has categorically said that in the academic year 2021-2022, the classes would be conducted online but the examination would not be held online. Talking to reporters here on Monday, he said parents were putting forth demand to conduct the examination online. But it was…
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