Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar inaugurated the new COVID-19 rapid testing facility set up in Mysuru Medical College and Research Institute’s (MMC&RI) Microbiology Department Block in K.R. Hospital premises this morning. The new facility is set up exclusively for rapid testing of blood and throat swab samples of pregnant women, patients found with…
No COVID-19 patient being treated at Cheluvamba and K.R. Hospitals: DC
July 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: All Coronavirus patients are being admitted and being treated at the designated COVID-19 Hospital in Mysuru and under no circumstances infected patients are being treated at State-run K.R. Hospital or at Cheluvamba Hospital. “Every day the K.R. Hospital is getting 50 to 60 patients with respiratory problems and all of them are being subjected…
K.R. Hospital starts collection of vehicle parking fee
June 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent misuse of its vacant spaces, the K.R. Hopsital has launched ‘Pay and Park’ vehicle parking facility at its premises. Earlier, the Hospital had no parking fee. With the launch of the parking facility, those coming to K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital, have to park their vehicles at the designated…
Unique Triage System opens at K.R. Hospital
June 22, 2020Used when medical care process is overloaded and when there are more people who need care Mysore/Mysuru: It is the time of COVID-19 and because of the volume of patient admissions to an Emergency Department, treatment routines cannot be precisely planned and executed. As such, the available resources at a Hospital may become overwhelmed or…
Staff Nurses seek fair wages
June 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: These are the frontline workers, popularly known as ‘Corona Warriors’. They are working 12 hours a day to protect the society from the Coronavirus pandemic. But all this for a meagre stipend of just Rs. 8,000 to Rs. 10,000 per month! This is the sad story of over 140 Staff Nurses, who are working…
Miscreant in the guise of doctor steals mobile phone of patient
June 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A miscreant in the guise of a doctor has made away with the mobile phone of a patient at K.R. Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. The patient, who lost the mobile phone, is Geetha, a resident of Yaraganahalli in city. On Tuesday afternoon, Geetha, who was suffering from respiratory problem, had come to K.R. Hospital…
Mysuru can now handle 1,000 COVID tests per day
May 11, 2020DFRL donates Mobile Containment Lab PARAKH to K.R. Hospital on National Technology Day today State-of-the-art machine a boon during Biological Emergency Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration and the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMCR&I) attached to K.R. Hospital, have got a shot in the arm for testing COVID-19 cases with a new testing facility…
Vijay Foundation donates Aerosol Boxes to District and K.R. Hospitals
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Aerosol boxes, which are very important ICU equipment during intubation of Corona positive patients if they need to be intubated, were donated by city-based Vijay Foundation to the District Health Officials on Apr. 15. Three Aerosol boxes each were donated to the ICU set up of K.R. Hospital and District COVID Hospital by Ajith…
From 1,500 patients to just 50, K.R. Hospital looks deserted
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The K.R. Hospital in city, one of the largest in the State, which was buzzing with patients, their attendants, doctors and staff throughout the day before the outbreak of COVID-19, now wears a deserted look, with hardly a few patients. The Hospital has put up a notice board at its entrance which asks the…
Outsourced workers at K.R. Hospital continue to serve under scare
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of outsourced workers serving at K.R. Hospital continue to work amidst Coronavirus scare. Over 70 security guards, 80 house-keeping staff (men and women), 50 sweepers (ayahs) and 60 ward boys are working round-the-clock at K.R. Hospital in three shifts while there are 80 house-keeping staff and 30 security guards at adjoining Cheluvamba Hospital,…















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