Zone-wise Care Centres on cards; MCC calls for door-to-door survey volunteers Mysore/Mysuru: In another effort towards decentralisation of COVID management, the Mysuru District Administration is setting up COVID Care Centres (CCCs) in all the Assembly constituencies and also in Zones for more localised management. Though the taluks of Mysuru have 18 CCCs, there is no…
Vaccination for MCC staff begins
May 22, 2021Burial grounds and crematoria workers take jab Next in line for Corporators, members of Covid Ward Task Force panels Mysore/Mysuru: Vaccination for the staff of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), who included workers of burial grounds and crematoria, and those exposed to COVID-19 pandemic, and fall in thè category of frontline workers as per the State…
Old and ailing destitutes left to the mercy of God
May 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With no shelter for the aged and ailing senior citizens, the premises of century-old Krishna Rajendra (K.R.) Hospital, popularly known as ‘Doddaspathre’ in this part of Karnataka, has become a place to live and die. It is a common scene to spot the aged people sleeping on the ground near various buildings inside the hospital…
MCC seeks guidelines from Govt. to treat Corona-infected kids
May 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With 8-10 children contracting Coronavirus daily in the District, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has sought guidelines from the State Government on the line of treatment for children. MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag told SOM that everyday a few children were testing positive in RT-PCR tests. The Corporation has formed a team of 10 Paediatricians…
UK doctors through phone help homeland fight COVID scourge
May 21, 2021By M.B. Pavan Murthy Call Telecare facility for consultation on 0821-2420112 / 0821-2420113 Mysore/Mysuru: As Mysuru is ravaged by a crippling COVID-19 wave, members of the Indian diaspora are struggling to find ways to help. One group among them is especially distressed: Doctors. They have reached out to their native land to help patients through…
Compassion and Concern: MCC distributes cheques to deceased employees’ families
May 21, 2021MCC distributes cheques to deceased employees’ families Mysore/Mysuru: Heart-rending scenes were witnessed during the distribution of compensation cheques to the families of COVID-deceased MCC employees when MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag, Mayor Rukmini Madegowda, Deputy Mayor Anwar Baig and other MCC Officials visited their homes yesterday to give away the cheque of Rs. 5 lakh each…
COVID victim Pourakarmikas to be treated equally: Shivanna
May 20, 2021Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman assures that Rs. 30 lakh will be paid to families as compensation Mysore/Mysuru: Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M. Shivanna has said that he will ask the State Government to release compensation of Rs. 30 lakh each to the families of three Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) workers who succumbed to COVID-19. He…
MCC’s door-to-door health check-up survey launched to curb COVID
May 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The house-to-house health check-up survey launched by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for early detection and treatment of Corona patients was inaugurated at Gandhinagar in city yesterday by area Corporator Dr. Ashwini Sharath. Speaking on the occasion, she said the purpose of this drive was to detect the deadly Coronavirus in citizens and provide them…
MCC appoints 24 doctors and 33 Nursing staff
May 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to overcome medical staff shortage at COVID Mitra Centres and other medical facilities, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), in association with MUDA, has appointed 24 doctors and 33 nursing staff through direct interview in an emergency recruitment drive held at the MCC’s Old Council Hall here on Tuesday. The appointments are…
MCC launches door-to-door health survey for early detection of Covid cases
May 18, 2021Health volunteers to test temperature and pulse rate Good response for Civic Body’s Telecare service 6 Mysore/Mysuru: For early detection and treatment of asymptomatic Corona patients, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has embarked on a massive door-to-door health survey from today. This was disclosed by MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag during Chamaraja Assembly Constituency Covid Task Force Committee meeting…
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