Mysuru: A live Ilizarov fixation workshop was conducted for the first time at  K.R. Hospital in city recently. Experts in the art of deformity correction from China performed free surgeries at the hospital which was viewed by orthopaedicians from across the State. The Ilizarov apparatus is a type of external fixation used in orthopaedic surgery…

Mysuru: A miscreant in the guise of a doctor has stolen gold ornaments of a woman, who had come for a scan at K.R. Hospital on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Manjula, had come to the hospital along with her sister Sharada for a scan. When she was about to enter the scanning room, a…

Mysuru: The State Government has deputed Head of Dermatology Section Dr. M. Nanjundaswamy to officiate as in-Charge Medical Superintendent of K.R. Hospital. The post had fallen vacant on retirement of Dr. M. Srinivas from the position on Saturday. Speaking to the press after assuming charge yesterday, Dr. Nanjundaswamy said that he would focus on providing…

Mysuru:  An unidentified person, who was found lying unconscious near the Old RMC on Sayyaji Rao Road and admitted to K.R. Hospital on Mar.27, has breathed his last on Mar.29. The body of the deceased, who is aged about 45 years, has been shifted to MMC&RI mortuary. Kith and kin of the deceased, if any,…

Mysuru: An unidentified person, who was admitted to the hospital when he was found ailing, has died after the treatment proved unsuccessful, here on Thursday. He is about 45 years old. He had collapsed near the Old RMC on Sayyaji Rao Road. The public on seeing him collapsing informed the Mandi Police Station. On receiving…

New machines to be installed soon Mysuru:  Hundreds of patients, including emergency cases availing treatment at the century-old K.R. Hospital are affected without proper X-ray facility for the last two days as the existing X-ray printer machine installed in the Hospital is under repair. As a result, the Hospital is referring the patients to nearby…

Mysuru: K.R. Hospital Authorities took an initiative yesterday to create water space at the root of trees grown in the hospital premises. Following complaints from environmental groups that the tree roots were entirely covered by cement for hospital visitors to sit, the Hospital Authorities, led by Superintendent Srinivas pulled up the contractors and directed them…

Mysuru:  Strongly condemning the introduction of user fee charges at the more than century-old K.R. Hospital in the heart of the city, which is most visited by poor patients for their health needs, BJP MLAs and Corporators, accompanied by several patients, staged a demonstration in the hospital premises here this morning. City BJP MLAs S.A….

Mysuru: User fees for all treatments imposed on patients at K.R. Hospital by the State Government is just to bring a bad name to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP Government at the Centre as it had implemented the ‘Ayushman Bharat’ for the welfare of the poor, said MLA S.A. Ramdas. He was addressing…

Mysuru:  With user fee for all the treatments being imposed on patients at K.R. Hospital from Mar.1, the patients are obviously shocked at the sudden financial burden imposed by the Government. Medical professionals and others too have voiced their reactions on the order of the Government. When Star of Mysore contacted District in-Charge Minister G.T….