Chief Minister Siddharamaiah presented the Best DHO State Award to Mysuru District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad during the National Doctors’ Day celebrations held on July 1 at the Banquet Hall of Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao, MLA Rizwan Arshad, Karnataka Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA)…
Mysore/Mysuru: As part of World No Tobacco Day, HCG- Bharath Hospital and Institute of Oncology (HCG-BHIO) had organised Hope-A-Thon, a 3 km walk from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple here on May 31. More than 1,200 people including students from various colleges took part. A pledge was also taken by all the participants, college students and the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Taking forward the unique initiatives by the Mysuru District Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Committee in its attempts to draw the maximum number of people to the polling booths on the day of voting, the District Health Department has asked its staff to provide medical aid to all the polling booths at…
Mysore/Mysuru: Amid rising COVID-19 cases, a nationwide mock drill to take stock of hospital preparedness was held this morning where both public and private facilities were assessed for their readiness to combat the pandemic in case there is an outbreak like in 2020 and 2021. As on today, Mysuru has 43 COVID-positive cases and three…
STEMI Management Model being set up across district to offer timely medical services for heart patients Mysore/Mysuru: “Of the total non-epidemic deaths in the world, India’s share is 12 percent which is mostly due to blockages in blood vessel (coronary arteries). It is estimated that about 2 to 3 million people are being affected by…
Mysore/Mysuru: District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad has said that the role of media is big in reaching the programmes of Health and Family Welfare Department to people and creating awareness to maintain a good health. DHO Dr. Prasad spoke during a workshop on ‘The Role of Media in Reaching Government’s Programmes, Health Programmes…
4,000 cases identified every year in Mysuru district; 2,000 active cases now Mysore/Mysuru: District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad has said “As per the aspirations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Health and Family Welfare Department has chalked out several programmes to make India Tuberculosis (TB)-free by the year 2025. The co-operation of people…
Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors play a major role in preventing prenatal sex determination and foeticide, opined District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad. He was speaking at the two-day Divisional-level Workshop on ‘Effective implementation of prohibition of prenatal sex determination law,’ organised by the Department of Health and Family Welfare at a private hotel in city recently….
Mysore/Mysuru: A day after a fast track counter was opened on Wednesday at T. Narasipur Hospital (the first one in General Hospitals of the district coming under the State Health Department), the second one opened at the District Hospital at Metagalli on KRS road in city on Thursday. District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad…
Mysore/Mysuru: Marking the World AIDS Day, an awareness rally was taken out in city this morning which was flagged-off by District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Member-Secretary Devaraja Bhute from Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) on Bengaluru-Mysuru Road here. Students of various Pharmacy Colleges and Nursing Colleges in city took part in the rally organised jointly by…
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