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….
No more free treatment at K.R. Hospital
March 16, 2019Outpatients have to shell out user charges for all treatments, tests Rule implemented from Mar. 1 following Government directive Mysuru: The century-old K.R. Hospital in the heart of the city, which has been offering free services for poor people since the rule of erstwhile Wadiyars, has started charging user fee for all the treatments offered…
K.R. Hospital Speciality OPDs shifted to Jayadeva Block
February 28, 2019Mysuru: The super speciality OPD (Out Patient Department) units of Cardiology, Nephrology, Urology, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Endocrinology, which were functioning at the K.R. Hospital, has been shifted to the IPD-OPD New Block which earlier housed the branch of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research. The super speciality units were inaugurated at the…
Unidentified man dies in hospital
February 11, 2019Mysuru: A man, aged about 60 years, who was found lying sick near Ramaswamy Circle on Jan. 17 and admitted to K.R. Hospital has breathed his last on Feb. 8 at the hospital. The man, who admitted to the hospital in the name of Srinivas, is 5.5 ft. tall and oily red complexioned. Those having any…
BRBNMPL donates Rs.30 lakh worth equipment to K.R. Hospital
January 22, 2019Mysuru: The Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL), Mysuru, under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, donated equipment worth Rs.30 lakh to K.R. Hospital. These include 200 bedside lockers, 25 folding wheel chairs, 10 fowler cots with mattress, 100 drip stands and 10 stretcher trolleys. Apart from this, an ambulance was also given….
Unidentified elderly persons die in hospital
January 4, 2019Mysuru: In separate cases, two elderly persons, who were found lying sick in V.V. Puram and Nazarbad Police limits and admitted to K.R. Hospital, have breathed their last in the hospital. In the first case, an elderly man aged about 60 years, who was found lying sick near Vani Vilas Water Works on Dec.22 at…
Cooker burst in school: Minister visits K.R. Hospital
January 2, 2019Mysuru: Mandya District In-charge Minister C.S. Puttaraju visited K.R. Hospital here this morning and enquired about the condition of the 9-year-old girl Sinchana, a 4th standard student of Sanghapura Government School in Pandavapura taluk who was injured when a pressure cooker reportedly burst at the school kitchen yesterday while the midday meal was getting readied….
Hanur Temple Tragedy: Police file fresh FIR
December 19, 2018K.R. Hospital doctors tipped off Police about accused Doddaiah who was feigning illness Chamarajanagar / Mysuru: The Ramapura Police in Chamarajanagar district have lodged a fresh FIR in the Hanur Taluk Sulwadi Maramma Temple prasadam poisoning case and are likely to produce the accused to a Court in Kollegal at 3 pm today. Chamarajanagar SP…
MCC team visits K.R. Hospital
December 19, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) seems to have woken up to the lack of infrastructure at State-run K.R. Hospital to deal with bigger human tragedies like the Sulwadi Maramma Temple prasadam poisoning incident. Yesterday, the MCC Health Standing Committee members visited the K.R. Hospital and assured the authorities that they will take steps to…
Corporator prevented from serving tomato bath
December 17, 2018Mysuru: A Corporator was stopped from distributing tomato bath in K.R. Hospital premises yesterday. Seeing vessels carrying tomato bath, several people objected as it was a similar food, laced with poison that had caused the death of over 14 people at Maramma Temple at Hanur. Many patients are still being treated at K.R. Hospital and…
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