Mysuru: The State Government is coming up with a super-speciality hospital at a cost of Rs. 173.26 crore in the K.R. Hospital premises that is popularly called “Doddaspatre,” started by the erstwhile rulers of Wadiyar dynasty for the poor people. The State Government has given administrative approval for the private wards (on either side of…

Mysuru: Members of Karnataka Government Hospital and Medical College non-Clinical and other Contract Employees Association submitted a memorandum to K.R. Hospital Medical Superintendent urging the Government to pay minimum wages to employees working in contract at K.R. Hospital and Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI). The members alleged that more than 150 employees were…

Mysuru: A man, who was admitted to K.R. Hospital on Aug. 13, following a snake bite, breathed his last yesterday morning, after failing to respond to the treatment. The deceased man has been identified as Beeregowda (52), a resident of Gujjegowdanapura in the taluk. Beeregowda was working in his field when he was bitten by…

Mysuru: Unable to repay the loans he had taken, a man, addicted to alcohol, who had poured petrol on himself and set himself on fire in a bid to end his life on Aug. 14 and admitted to K.R. Hospital here, breathed his last yesterday after failing to respond to the treatment. The man has…

Mysuru: MLA Vasu and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha will inaugurate the special laboratory at K.R. Hospital here tomorrow at 10 am. The special laboratory has been established at a cost of Rs. 1.3 crore with the Centre funding 75% and the State 25% through the Centre’s Indian Council of Medical Research, according to a press…

Mysuru: In a shocking incident, a man tied rubber bands to his little son’s genital every night to prevent him from bed-wetting. He has now been arrested. The incident came to light yesterday at a review meeting chaired by Women’s Commission Chairperson Nagalakshmi Bai at the Deputy Commissioner’s office. Malini, counsellor at the women’s special…

Mysuru: A construction labourer, who was seriously injured, when a tyre basket in which concrete mixture was being lifted to the top floor of an under-construction building in Hootagalli here, broke and fell on him, succumbed to injuries at K.R. Hospital here on Sunday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Shivaiah (35), a resident…

Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a man suffered massive heart attack, while boarding a bus at the Rural Bus Stand and breathed his last at the bus stand  here on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Noorulla Pasha (56), a resident of Hariharapura in K.R. Pet taluk. Noorulla, who had come to city…

Mysuru: A farmer, who had consumed poison on Aug. 1 in his field and was admitted to K.R. Hospital here, breathed his last on the night of Aug. 4 at the hospital after failing to respond to the treatment. The deceased has been identified as Puttaiah (86), son of late Basavaiah and a resident of…