Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar said that steps have been taken to set up more number of ICU beds in city to deal with the surge in COVID-19 cases. He was talking to reporters after holding a discussion with the authorities of JSS Multi-Speciality Hospital here this noon. The Minister expressed his…
Suttur Seer receives COVID jab
April 20, 2021Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji seen receiving COVID vaccination at JSS Hospital in Mysuru on Apr. 17 as doctors and staff look on. Those above 45 years at Suttur Mutt also received the vaccination.
MCC Commissioner feted
March 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Shilpa Nag was felicitated as part of International Women’s Day at JSS Hospital in city recently. Also, Dr. Deepthi Thanda-veshwar, Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, JSS Medical College and Hospital, Dr. M. Renuka Devi, Vice-Principal, JSS College of Physiotheraphy, Dr. Divya Rao, Assistant Professor, Department of Health System Management…
11,200 Covaxin doses arrive in city
March 12, 2021To be administered at JSS Hospital and Trauma Care Centre Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 11,200 doses of Covaxin, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV), has arrived in Mysuru last evening. It will be administered to citizens above…
Thumbs up!
February 22, 2021Boy pierces leopard’s eye with thumb; feline flees Mysore/Mysuru: In a daring move, a 12-year-old boy pierced his finger to one of the eyes of the attacking leopard that bit his shoulder. In deep pain, the feline released its bite and disappeared into the bushes. The boy, who sustained injuries on his shoulder, has been…
JSS doctors perform rare surgery, save youth from near death
January 31, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors of JSS Hospital have saved a teenager from near death after performing rare surgery for multiple complications. Abhishek, a 19-year-old boy from H.D. Kote and a chain smoker and alcoholic had come to the Hospital with severe abdomen pain since 5 days with vomiting and cough for 3 days. Before he was brought…
Musings on COVID-19 Vaccine
November 3, 2020First priority must be to vaccinate some people in all countries, rather than all people in some countries By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy Vaccine is defined as a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a…
Govt’s COVID-19 bulletin is accurate and transparent: Dr. Sudhakar
October 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Dismissing allegations of releasing fudged up COVID-19 figures, Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar clarified that the daily media bulletin being released by State Government was accurate and transparent. He was speaking at a function organised in connection with donation of Rs. 51 lakh worth COVID-19 materials and medical equipment to JSS Hospital by…
Post-COVID Rehab Centre in city
October 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar inaugurated COVID-19 Rehabilitation Centre in JSS Hospital premises here yesterday, which is said to be first in South India. Speaking on the occasion, he said those Corona positive patients who get admitted to hospital would also be having other diseases. They will need yoga, pranayama or other therapies…
Covishield trial enters Phase III at JSS Hospital
September 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine — Covishield — developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured at the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), which began at JSS Hospital here in August, has completed the Phase II and the analysing process is going on. Five volunteers, who had enrolled for the Phase II…
Recent Comments