Mysore/Mysuru: An elderly man, who was found lying sick near City Railway Station and admitted to K.R. Hospital by the MCC staff on Nov. 11, has breathed his last at the hospital on Dec. 3. The deceased is aged about 70 years and has a mole on his right cheek. The kith and kin of…
Ex-MLA helps shift critically ill woman to hospital
December 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former MLA M.K. Somashekar has extended his helping hands in shifting a critically ill woman to K.R. Hospital on Sunday night. On Sunday at about 8.30 pm, the former MLA was proceeding on Chamaraja Double Road, when he noticed a woman lying on the side of the road. When he got down from his…
Woman dies at hospital
December 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An elderly woman, who was an inmate of Chiguru Ashram in city since about 10 months, has breathed her last at K.R. Hospital on Nov. 24. The deceased is Anandhi (65). As she was suffering from respiratory problems, she was admitted to K.R. Hospital on Nov. 24 at about 11 am, but she died…
Breathe Easy…No scarcity of Oxygen at Doddaspathre
November 15, 2020By Shyam Sundar Vattam The importance of oxygen was understood when Corona positive patients in serious condition scrambled for oxygenated beds both in Government and Private Hospitals. A number of patients died of breathlessness due to non-availability of oxygen. More than doing other things, first…
Ugly footwear pile greets patients, visitors at Cheluvamba Hospital
November 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Patients and their attendants, who come to the nearly a century old Cheluvamba Hospital, adjacent to K.R. Hospital, are greeted by the ugly footwear pile dumped at the passage near the entrance of the hospital. Cheluvamba Hospital and K.R. Hospital are both Tertiary Referral Centres and Teaching Hospitals attached to the Mysore Medical College…
Unidentified persons die at hospital
November 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, two persons with only their names known have died at K.R. Hospital in city. In the first case, an unidentified man, who was found lying sick near RMC Circle on Nov. 2 and admitted to K.R. Hospital by Mandi Police, has breathed his last at the hospital on Nov. 7. The…
Now get RT-PCR test results in a day
November 7, 2020DC opens new facility at K.R. Hospital Lab Rs. 1 crore automated ‘Liquid Handling System’ can conduct 1,200 tests per day Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has supplied the much-needed ‘Liquid Handling System’ medical equipment to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) that will help in giving early results for RT-PCR COVID-19 test. Deputy Commissioner…
Senior Journalist ends life at Chamarajanagar
November 7, 2020Chamarajanagar: Reportedly depressed over his failing health, a 52-year-old senior journalist ended his life by consuming pesticide here yesterday. Suresh (52), who was working for a private TV Channel as Chamarajanagar district reporter and was residing at Doddarayapete in the taluk, is the deceased. Suresh was said to be suffering from chronic lung ailments and…
From Scrap Yard back to Hospital Wards
October 29, 2020Lions sponsor re-conditioning and re-painting of condemned cots By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: Last month, an office-bearer of Lions Club was walking with Dr. B.L. Nanjundaswamy, Medical Superintendent of K.R. Hospital, in the hospital premises. Accidentally, the Lions member saw a heap of broken metal cots dumped in the corner. Upon enquiry, Dr. Nanjundaswamy, himself…
A big feat by ‘Namma Doddaspatre’
October 22, 2020In Mysuru District 2,54,587 COVID tests have been conducted till Oct. 20 out of which 1,00,613 have been tested at MMC&RI Microbiology Laboratory (K.R. Hospital). Out of that, 89,589 patients belonged to Mysuru District while 11,024 were from neighbouring districts. Of the total 9,295 positive cases, 8,926 persons belonged to Mysuru District and 369 to…
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