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280 hospitals in Karnataka to provide free treatment to accident victims

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March 3, 2016

Bengaluru, Mar 3: The State government is all set to launch the Mukhyamantri Santwana Yojana, that will provide free relief to accident victims, on March 8, Minister for Health and Family Welfare U?T?Khader said here on Wednesday

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Speaking at an event organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), Khader said that the State government will provide Rs 25,000 relief to the accident victims for the first 48 hours under the scheme.

“It is not just the people of this State, others too are eligible to avail treatment. Even if an outsider meets with an accident in the State, he will also be eligible to avail the benefits under this scheme,” he added.

A total of 280 hospitals across the State have been identified to offer the scheme. Apart from taluk-level hospitals, district-level hospitals and medical college hospitals, 80 private hospitals have been empanelled under the scheme.

Khader added that fully equipped blood banks would be set up in all districts and blood collection centres would be set up in all talkus across the State. However, the minister did not divulge details on the amount set aside for these under the State budget.

Following recommendations by the FKCCI for more dialysis centres in rural areas, Khader said that the State would soon have dialysis centres set up on a public-private-partnership model basis at all taluks.

“The government can have several dialysis centres but finding manpower has remained a challenge. Hence, to address this, we will partner with NGOs,” he said.

Garbage crisis

When representatives of the FKCCI spoke about the garbage crisis in Bengaluru, the minister said that until a solution is found to address the garbage issue, there can be no end to communicable diseases.

“There are so many lakes in the City. How many of them are cleaned at regular intervals? Not even 40 per cent of what we consume as drinking water is fit for human consumption. Even the civic body has to do its bit,” he remarked.

Meanwhile, P?S?Ramkumar, member, FKCCI urged the government to improve tele-medicine to save the a patient's travel cost and time. “On an average, if people in Bengaluru have to avail treatment, Rs 5 crore is spent on travel alone. If tele-medicine can be improved, at least 80 per cent of the travel can be cut down,” he said.

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Haneef Ullal
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Thursday, 3 Mar 2016

very well done sir, your have done a very good move in this, it will save our youngsters lives.

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June 2,2020

Davanagere, Jun 2: A special pooja was performed by Honnali BJP MLA and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's political secretary MP Renukacharya at Hirekalmatha, in Honnali against COVID-19.

A Nava Graha pooja was also performed for the betterment of those infected. Those present at the pooja maintained social distancing norms and covered their faces with masks.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 1,90,535 including 93,322 active cases. While 91,819 people have either been cured, discharged or migrated, 5,394 deaths have been reported.

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February 18,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 18: Veteran actress Kishori Ballal, 82, best known for playing Kaveri Amma in Ashutosh Gowariker’s Swades, passed away on Tuesday. She was suffering from age-related health issues and breathed her last at a Bengaluru hospital.

Kishori, who hailed from Mangaluru, made her debut in Kannada film 'Evalentha Hendathi' in 1960.

In a career spanning five decades, she went on to act in movies like Hani Hani, Kahi and Suryakanthi. A Bharatnatyam exponent, she was also a part of Hindi films like Lafangey Parindey, Ek Alag Mausam and Gair Kanooni.

Kishori Ballal played the role of Kaveri Amma, the nanny of Shah Rukh Khan (Mohan Bhargav) in Swades.

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May 10,2020

Mangaluru, May 10: A special train carrying 1,140 migrant workers stranded here in the lockdown has left Mangaluru railway station for Jharkhand.

Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and Vedavyas Kamath, MLA, were present at the railway station on Saturday night when the train left.

Kamath said the workers who had registered on the state governments Seva Sindhu portal were brought to the railway station in Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses.

A health check-up was carried out before they boarded the train.

The district administration also provided food packets and water to the migrants at the station.

Three more trains will leave from Mangaluru for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand soon, he said.

Meanwhile, in a statement, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu P Rupesh said train services are being arranged for migrant workers who have registered their names on the Seva Sindhu portal.

The workers will be informed when trains are arranged to their destinations and they need not throng the railway station unnecessarily, she said.

Around 20,000 workers have so far registered themselves online, including 5,000 from Jharkhand, 3,000 from Uttar Pradesh and 4,000 from Bihar.

Hundreds of migrant workers had on Friday staged a protest at the central railway station here, demanding that they be sent back home.

The workers went back to their camps only after district authorities and police gave them assurance that trains will be arranged in three days.

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