Mysore/Mysuru: National Health Mission has directed Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri not to allow diversion of vaccine supplied by the Government of India and use it to vaccinate only healthcare and frontline workers. According to a press release, this order followed classification of bank, transport and railway employees as frontline wor-kers and vaccinating them with the…
Td vaccination drive for school students launched in the district
November 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a precautionary measure against Tetanus and Diphtheria infections, amid the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Public Instruction, in association with the Health Department, National Health Mission (NHM) and Family Welfare Society, launched Td (Tetanus and diphtheria) vaccination drive this morning to vaccinate all students of First, Fifth and Tenth…
1.15 lakh students to get Tetanus and diphtheria vaccination tomorrow
November 24, 20201st, 5th and 10th std. students asked to be present in schools and follow COVID-19 norms Mysore/Mysuru: With the onset of winter season, the District Administration is geared up to vaccinate students against Tetanus and diphtheria (Td) on Nov. 25 and Nov. 27. More than 1.15 lakh school students of the district will be vaccinated…
More than 30,000 Health Workers strike work across State
September 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Days after Doctors attached to the Health and Family Welfare Department staged a silent protest and succeeded in making the Government sanction Rs. 125 crore for a hike in their salaries, Contractual Health Workers of National Health Mission (NHM), under the banner of Karnataka State Health and Medical Education Department Contractual and Outsourced Employees…
Contract Health Workers to go on indefinite stir from Sept.24
September 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After Government doctors’ silent protest, now contract and outsourced workers belonging to Departments of Health, Medical Education and National Health Mission have decided to go on indefinite strike from Sept. 24. They have urged the State Government to fulfill their charter of demands which included equal work-equal pay, job security and insurance coverage. Addressing…
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