Mysuru: Personnel of Fire and Emergency Services averted a major accident at K.R. Hospital yesterday by de-freezing the pipe connected to Liquid Medical Oxygen plant by spraying water. The 13-Kilo Litre oxygen plant was installed in the hospital premises last year during the COVID crisis to ensure adequate supply of oxygen to patients. However, ice…
COVID takes a toll on OPD services at ‘Doddaspatre’
April 25, 2021OPD to function only between 9 am and 1 pm Mysore/Mysuru: Coupled with shortage of staff and deployment of the existing staff on COVID-19 treatment duty, the Out Patient Department (OPD) services has become the biggest casualty at K.R. Hospital in city. The OPDs now run only between 9 am and 1 pm. This State-run…
Health Minister says no shortage of oxygen, beds in district
April 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has ruled out shortage of oxygen and beds for COVID-19 patients in Mysuru district and said the hospitals were equipped to deal with the current crisis. Talking to reporters after visiting K.R. Hospital, District Hospital and Trauma Care Centre this morning, he said the issue of…
Three K.R. Hospital docs contract Coronavirus
April 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Three doctors, working in COVID-19 Emergency Ward of K.R. Hospital in city, have tested positive for Coronavirus. They have been shifted to a special ward in District COVID Hospital for further treatment. With this, total number of doctors who have contracted this virus, has gone up to seven. According to sources, in each shift,…
Kodagu case: One more succumbs to burns at Mysuru hospital
April 8, 2021Madikeri: A woman, who was admitted with severe burns at K.R. Hospital in Mysuru, has succumbed to injuries yesterday morning. The woman had sustained severe burn injuries after the house inside which she was sleeping along with other family members was set on fire by a man on Apr. 2 night. With this, the total…
Unidentified man dies
April 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, aged between 35 and 40 years, who was admitted to K.R. Hospital about seven months back, after he was found lying sick near Sub-Urban Bus Stand on Sept. 8, 2020, has died at the hospital. The kith and kin of the deceased, if any, may contact Lashkar Police Station on Ph:…
Man dies at hospital
April 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A 50-year-old man, who was found lying sick near Vontikoppal Temple and admitted to K.R. Hospital by the public, has breathed his last at the hospital on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Nagaraj of Baachahalli in K.R. Nagar taluk. V.V. Puram Police have registered a case.
Improve facilities: KRRS warns MMC&RI Dean
April 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has threatened to lay siege to office of the Dean, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), in case he fails to improve facilities at K.R. Hospital within 15 days. KRRS President Badagalapura Nagendra told media here on Thursday that the Hospital now was in a very bad shape…
World Kidney Day held
March 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Institute of Nephrology Unit (INU), a Government autonomous institute, Mysore Branch, K.R. Hospital Campus, had recently organised an event to mark World Kidney Day-2021 on the theme ‘Living Well With Kidney Disease.’ It was inaugurated by Dr. B.L. Nanjundaswamy, Medical Superintendent, K.R. Hospital. Dr. J. Shivanand Manohar, Psychiatrist, JSS Hospital, delivered a talk…
Unidentified man dies of injuries
February 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was hit by a speeding vehicle in a hit and run case on Feb. 10 at about 9.15 pm near Automotive Axels Ltd. in Hootagalli Industrial Area and admitted to K.R. Hospital, has succumbed to injuries on the same day at about 11.55 pm. The deceased, aged about 60 years,…
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