Mysore/Mysuru: With the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) all set to install a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Medical Oxygen-Generator Plant at K.R. Hospital premises, MP Pratap Simha inspected the reserved site in the Hospital premises this morning. Speaking on the occasion, Simha said that Mysuru is among the seven cities in the State where…
K.R. Hospital to host DRDO’s Oxygen Plant
May 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: It’s final now. The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Oxygen-producing Plant will be set up at K.R. Hospital. The DRDO is setting up Liquid Medical Oxygen plant in Mysuru and the project is sponsored by PM-CARES Fund. Across the country, 500 such plants will come up and Karnataka has got seven. Speaking to…
DC confident to make Mysuru District Corona-free by June end
May 24, 2021Rohini Sindhuri visits Black Fungus Ward Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri has sought co-operation of everyone to make the District Corona-free by the end of June. Speaking in Facebook live on measures taken by the District Administration to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic last evening, she said they have started the concept of ‘Covid…
Old and ailing destitutes left to the mercy of God
May 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With no shelter for the aged and ailing senior citizens, the premises of century-old Krishna Rajendra (K.R.) Hospital, popularly known as ‘Doddaspathre’ in this part of Karnataka, has become a place to live and die. It is a common scene to spot the aged people sleeping on the ground near various buildings inside the hospital…
Woman succumbs to Black Fungus in city
May 22, 2021Amphotericin-B can be indented online by Private Hospitals through KPME portal https://kpme.karnataka.gov.in/ Mysore/Mysuru: A 55-year-old woman has become the latest victim to Black Fungus or mucormycosis. She breathed her last on May 18 at K.R. Hospital. According to Dr. Chethan Kumar, who is the Resident Medical Officer of the State-run hospital, Mahalakshmi (name changed), a…
Corona patient dies: Relatives assault docs
May 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors and a Security Guard of Emergency Ward in K.R. Hospital were allegedly assaulted by a group of people following death of a Covid patient on Thursday. A 55-year-old person was admitted to the Hospital for Corona treatment on Wednesday, but he died on Thursday evening. The family members and relatives of the deceased,…
Unidentified man dies at K.R. Hospital
May 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was found lying sick near Sub-Urban Bus Stand on Apr. 25 and shifted to K.R. Hospital by the Police, has breathed his last at the Hospital at about 11.15 pm on May 2. The deceased is aged between 45 and 50 years, 5.2 ft. tall, normal built, oval faced, oily…
“We don’t want beds, just give us oxygen”
May 6, 2021Patients at K.R. Hospital avail treatment outside COVID Ward Mysore/Mysuru: Frantic calls for life-saving oxygen is becoming louder by the day as Mysuru grapples with a deepening COVID-19 crisis and dwindling medical supplies. In fact, at the State-run K.R. Hospital where more than 600 Coronavirus patients are being treated, patients who are eager to be…
Oxygen demand up
May 5, 2021No liquid medical oxygen manufacturers in Mysuru but there are five refilling plants K.R. Hospital itself requires 12 tonnes of oxygen daily to treat c Mysuru: Thanks to rapid surge in COVID positive cases, the demand for life-saving medical oxygen has increased. The District Administration has already requested the State Government for 20 Kilo Litre…
Oxygen pipe ice crystals cleared; accident averted
May 5, 2021Mysuru: 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…














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