Mysore/Mysuru: Outpatient Department (OPD) services at Government Hospitals across Mysuru district are likely to be severely affected from tomorrow as doctors and other medical staff have called for a State-wide indefinite strike. The strike has been called by the Karnataka Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) in collaboration with the Karnataka State Health and Medical Education…
Health staff to boycott OPD services from Mar. 11
March 2, 2026Bengaluru: Seeking the fulfilment of various demands, officials and staff of the Health and Medical Education Departments have decided to boycott OPD services at all Government Hospitals across the State from Mar. 11. The strike has been jointly called by the Karnataka Government Medical Officers Association, the Health and Medical Education Department Employees’ Central Association…
‘Shut down private labs within 200-metre radius of Govt. Hospitals’
March 2, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Private laboratories located within 200-metre radius of Government Hospitals in the State are set to face music, with the Commissioner of Department of Health and Family Welfare issuing a order to the District Health Officers (DHOs) to shut down such labs, citing violations of Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act. The State Government has…
Nanjangud Hospital gets award
July 5, 2023Nanjangud: At a time when most of the Government Hospitals are lacking in infrastructure, one Hospital in Nanjangud town has bagged an award for best functioning. The Government Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Nanjangud has bagged the prestigious ‘LaQshya Award’ given by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. LaQshya is a quality improvement…
100 Hospitals to be upgraded soon: CM
December 6, 2022Shiggaon: In yet another move for improving the public healthcare system, the State Government has planned to upgrade 100 Government-run Hospitals. Announcing this after laying the foundation stone for upgradation works of the 250-bed Government Hospital at his Constituency Shiggaon in Haveri district on Sunday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the Government has made…
Govt. Hospitals in great demand among people in Mysuru District: DHO
October 7, 2022MLA Nagendra inaugurates Health Care Centre for Senior Citizens at District Hospital Mysore/Mysuru: District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad said that during the last one year, the number of people who got treatment in Government Hospitals was more than those who availed treatment in Private Hospitals. The DHO was speaking at a function jointly…
Fire safety audit to be conducted in 166 Government Hospitals
May 9, 2022Bengaluru: The State Government yesterday directed officials of 166 District and Taluk Government Hospitals across the State to conduct a ‘Fire Safety Audit’ of its premises and receive NOC (No Objection Certificate) from the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The Health Commissioner has issued a circular stating that the hospitals will be granted Rs. 50,000…
Mysuru is also a Medical City – 4: Government Medical Facilities
February 23, 2022[Continued from Feb. 17] By R. Chandra Prakash Government Medical facilities in Mysuru have seen substantial improvements in the last decade. Right now there is a proposal for an expenditure of Rs. 86 crore to renovate Government-run Hospitals in Mysuru. New facilities like Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, a District Hospital and…
‘Suspend outpatient treatment for 15 days’
January 16, 2022Bengaluru: All hospitals in the State have been asked not to provide ‘out-patient care/ elective case, including dental patients’ to patients with mild symptoms for the next two weeks or till further orders to prevent crowding and the spread of COVID-19. Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Department T.K. Anil Kumar has issued an…
All Government Hospitals to be upgraded: CM
October 10, 2021Bengaluru: Asserting that all Government Hospitals at different levels in the State will be upgraded, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the upgradation will be taken up with Central Government funds. Speaking to presspersons at New Delhi after meeting Union Minister for Health and Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday, Bommai said that the…















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