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KMC to host meet on community health

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October 21, 2011

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Manipal, October 20: The Department of Community Medicine at Kasturba Medical College will host the 23rd annual conference of Karnataka Association of Community Health on October 21 and 22, at Fortune Inn Valley View.

Speaking to media persons, Department of Community Medicine Head Dr Veena Kamath informed that the theme of the conference is “Infectious diseases: current scenario, future perspectives and challenges for public health”. The theme for the CME is “Current issues in infectious disease epidemiology”. As many as 300 delegates are expected to take part.

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi, Professor Dr A K Agarwal will be the chief guest on the occasion, she added.

Kamath said there will be a full schedule of contributed papers, invited lectures, symposia and posters covering a wide variety of topics related to infectious diseases on the occasion, she added.

The speakers for the first symposium on “Emerging infectious diseases: A public health concern,” are Dr Soumya Swaminathan, from National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai; Dr R C Dhiman from National Institute of Malaria Research; Dr Ravikumar, senior regional director, MOHFW, she informed.

“Atimicrobial resistance - Time for action now” is the theme for the second symposium and the speakers are Dr Ranganathan Iyer from Global Hospitals, Hyderabad; Dr R S P Rao from Ras Al Khaimah, UAE and Dr Dilip Mathai Professor from CMC Vellore.

The third symposium, “Infectious diseases: Current scenario and future perspectives” will have Dr N Girish from NIMHANS; Dr Pawan Murthy from WHO, Dr Ramachandra Bairy, DHO Udupi district and Dr H R Raveendra, India TB Program, PATH.

The fourth symposium is about “Alcohol and public health”.

The speakers are Dr Vivek Benegal and Dr N Girish from NIMHANS, Bangalore, Dr Samir Praharaj from KMC Manipal, Dr Krishnamurthy and Dr Leonard M from Manipal University.

Veena Kamath informed that the department has taken up maternal and child health care programmes in the areas like Padubidri, Kaup, Katpadi, Alevoor, Malpe and Udyavara.

Besides health services catering to the needs of as many as 50,000 people are offered covered by insurance scheme which is free of premium. School health programmes are conducted in association with government programmes. The department has offered health check ups to the students of as many as 12 schools in the time span of 2 months, she said.

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K S Upadhaya
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Sunday, 29 Oct 2017

Community Medicine is a branch which deals with community health problems. But most community medicine experts have only theoritical knowdlge and no first hand practical exposure They are all arm chair people

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May 9,2020

Mangaluru, May 9: A team of doctors at Mangaluru's Mangala Hospital has developed a 'bubble helmet' that will provide an alternative to patients who need an oxygen mask.

The team was led by Dr Ganapathi, medical director of Mangala Hospital and Mangala Kidney Foundation in the city.

The bubble helmet, which has a special collar attached to it, helps the patients with breathing issues, and to avoid using ventilator facility.

Dr Ganapathi said, "When a patient needs intubation we will be providing them oxygen bubble helmets and we will first give it a trial before we intubate a patient."

"I have converted an ordinary snorkelling mask into a ventilator assist device, this mask can be used as a personal protection device by connecting it to a bacterial viral filter," he added.

Dr Ganapathi said that the connector has been made available in India and a snorkelling mask can be easily converted into a ventilator assist device. And it will make the management of coronavirus patients easy.

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January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: Operations at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) are normal, a day after security agencies detonated a bomb recovered from the airport in a controlled explosion, an official said on Tuesday.

"All operations are normal at Mangluru International Airport. Everything is normal," told the airport director V.V. Rao to IANS.

Rao said even on Monday, there was no interruption to the airport operations, except for that one recalled IndiGo flight to Bengaluru.

"As the explosive was isolated and taken away from the airport, there was no disturbance to flights, except one Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight which suffered a few hours delay and took off later," said Rao.

Meanwhile, security has been tightened at the airport.

Mangluru north assistant commissioner of police Belliappa told media that the police are still on the hunt for the culprits who planted the bomb at the airport.

"We are trying to trace the culprits, we got the footage of the suspects," said Belliappa, highlighting that the police are yet to find the name, age and other details of the suspects.

At Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), the number of police personnel has been increased in a bid to tighten the security and 24 hour searching of vehicles is underway.

"We have set up two check posts on the way to the airport and randomly checking vehicles," told Devanahalli assistant commissioner of police Subramanya to media.

All Karnataka airports, including Hubballi and Belagavi, are on high alert.

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July 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 2: A BJP MLA in Dakshina Kannada has tested positive for covid-19.

Dr Bharat Shetty, who represents Mangaluru North Assembly constituency, took to Twitter to confirm the news.

“I have been tested covid-19 positive. With all your blessings, I'm recovering and will be under treatment for few days,” he tweeted. 

He also requested the people to maintain social distancing, wear masks while going out and wash hands frequently.

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