Mysore/Mysuru: Confirming that rural parts of the district too are facing COVID-19 community spread, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri observed that taking the right medicines for first five days will help in recovery. Addressing live on Facebook yesterday, Sindhuri said that the district currently has 18,000 active cases and fifty percent of them are reported…
‘Get beds for patients in Private Hospitals under Govt. quota or face action’
May 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri has warned of action against Nodal Officers and Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST) representatives appointed to ensure beds for Corona positive patients in Private Hospitals if they failed to discharge their duty. Chairing a meeting of Nodal Officers here yesterday, she said it was the responsibility of Nodal Officers and…
Popularise Covid Mitra in rural areas: DC
May 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri has called upon officers to take the help of ASHA and Anganwadi workers to popularise the concept of Covid Mitra in rural areas by visiting every houses in the District. Reviewing the Covid situation in the District at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here yesterday, she said they must examine whether those…
TVS Company Trust donates 135 Oxygen Concentrators
May 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Coming to the help of the district administration during COVID crisis, Srinivasan Services Trust of well-known auto manufacturer TVS Motor Company, which has a manufacturing facility near Kadakola in the district, has donated 135 Oxygen Concentrators to the district administration. The machines were handed over to District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Deputy Commissioner Rohini…
Pandemic Politics
May 15, 2021Yesterday, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, for the first time reacted to the clean chit given to her by the three-member probe Committee of the Karnataka High Court regarding Chamarajanagar tragedy. She said, “The Committee has cleared the name of Mysuru District Administration and several baseless and motivated statements had put a black mark on…
Our stand on Chamarajanagar tragedy vindicated: DC
May 14, 2021I am being targeted as soon as I took charge as DC, says Rohini Sindhuri Mysore/Mysuru: Reacting for the first time to media on the report submitted by the three-member probe Committee to the Karnataka High Court regarding the Chamarajanagar District Hospital tragedy where 24 patients died on the intervening night of May 2 and…
Access denied: Official COVID meetings not open to media
May 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: While institutions, Governments, elected representatives and companies are all having to adapt to new constraints under the Coronavirus pandemic, they are often using the health crisis as an excuse to restrict journalists’ access, proving that information does not circulate well in the age of COVID-19. Journalists in Mysuru are denied entry to official meetings…
Use existing stock to vaccinate beneficiaries of 45 plus: DC
May 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Without mincing words, Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri has issued directions to District Health Department Officers to use the available vaccine to administer second dose to people above 45 years of age. Holding a video-conference meeting with Tahsildars and Taluk Panchayat Executive Officers yesterday, she said they need to give second dose of vaccine to…
21 more COVID Mitras soon
May 13, 2021Officials inspect facilities; demarcate areas for Green Zone and Red Zone Mysore/Mysuru: Following good response to ‘COVID Mitra’ Centres launched at several medical facilities in Mysuru recently, the District Administration is all set to open 21 more ‘COVID Mitras’ at various Primary Health Centres (PHCs) within city limits, said Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri. The ‘COVID…
Mysuru DC did not deny oxygen, says 3-member HC Committee
May 13, 2021Bengaluru: The three-member Committee appointed by the Karnataka High Court to probe the Chamarajanagar District Hospital tragedy where 24 persons died on the intervening night of May 2 and 3, has given a clean chit to Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri and has castigated Chamarajanagar DC Dr. M.R. Ravi and said that the latter…
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