Siddharthnagar (UP): A group of villagers was given mixed doses of vaccines at a Government Hospital in Uttar Pradesh in an incident that an officer blames on “oversight.” Around 20 villagers in Siddharthnagar district near the border with Nepal were given both Covaxin and Covishield. Officials claim no one has faced any adverse health effects…
Mangaluru: A total of 13 Government Hospitals including four Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi districts have been nominated for the prestigious National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification by the Union Government. The selection for this certification is based on criteria like quality of service, records management and hygiene. In Dakshina…
Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that Government Hospitals and Primary Health Centres have run out of medicine stocks, Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait has opposed global tenders floated by the Government for supply of COVID vaccines. Speaking to presspersons after taking part in the District-level COVID Management Meeting of Congress party at Jaladarshini Guest House here yesterday, Sait reiterated that…
Mysore/Mysuru: “Drivers of Government Ambulances-108, instead of ferrying patients to Government Hospitals are taking them to Private Hospitals,” alleged MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD). Speaking at the Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) auditorium in city yesterday, GTD said that there were complaints that after getting the patients admitted to private hospitals, exorbitant hospital…
Lack of proper facility forces tribal woman to go from one hospital to another Kollegal: Lack of proper facility at the Government Hospital forced a tribal woman to go from one hospital to another and later deliver a baby inside the ambulance on the way to a hospital in Mysuru resulting in the death of…
Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government is seriously thinking of offering free testing for all ailments for Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders in all hospitals including super speciality hospitals. An announcement to this effect will be made in new year, said Health & Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Speaking at a meeting of the authorities…
Task Force halves cost of testing in Private Hospitals for people referred by Government Hospitals Bengaluru: Karnataka will rope in Private Hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients. “Only Government Hospitals were being utilised to treat patients till now and going forward Private Hospitals will also be utilised to treat patients,” said Medical Education Minister Dr. K….
Bengaluru: The State Government has come to the rescue of thousands of orthopaedic patients who have been waiting for the expensive Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgeries. Come April, all Government hospitals will offer TKR procedures absolutely free of cost. Giving a tough competition to private hospitals that held patients at ransom in performing TKR, the…
Mysuru: Unaware of the 24-hour strike call given by the Private Hospitals and clinics against the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (Amendments) Bill, here yesterday, majority of the patients were put to untold hardships as they were turned away from the hospitals. The nearly 120 hospitals in city had suspended most of the services following the…
Bengaluru: Along with the launch of “Indira Canteens” to offer quality food at subsidised rates on the lines of “Amma Canteens” in Tamil Nadu, the State Government has decided to provide subsidised food at all government hospitals for poor and middle class patients and their attendants. While the “Indira Canteens” are set to be launched…
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