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December 4, 2011

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Mangalore, December 4: The fifth Rxlife Cycle Rally, an annual mass cycling event organised by a city based lifestyle modification and youth activity centre, Rx Life was flagged off by educationist Dr M Mohan Alva on Sunday, December 4 from 7.00 am at Lady Hill Circle.


The rally route covered a distance of 21 kms covering all sort of terrain concrete to mud.The rally route passes through Kottara, Kuloor, running parallel to Gurpur river on the new Kuloor-Jokatte road passing through Pejavar village and comes back on the same route through Kuloor Bridge concluding in Gandhi Nagar School.


A team of Doctors led by Dr. Sudhesh Rao of F.A.C.T gave practical demonstration on critical care and life saving skills.


Elaborate arrangements for water, lime juice and oranges distribution were made on the route. Ambulance and first aid support is provided by NITTE group through K.S. Hegde Medical Hospital. A cycle rescue vehicle is arranged to pick up cycle in case of break downs.


According to organisers, the event will be helpful in popularizing cycling as an expression of concern to conserve fuel and to develop traffic sense, riding habits and develop love for outdoor activities in young minds, the release said. Rally also aims to impress the district administration and city planners to safeguard cyclists' interests.


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March 30,2020
Mangaluru, Mar 30: Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Natekal, has started online tele-consultation service in the constituent Kanachur Hospital & Research Centre amid fear of corona spread.
 
A statement issued here on Monday said, under this service people can contact the doctors sitting in their home. The doctors will give tele-consultation and medical advice for their health problems through WhatsApp. As per the Kanachur Hospital announcement for this purpose the specialist doctors of nine departments will give their tele-consultation from 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs.
 
The people who are not having the social media service (WhatsApp) from rural areas they can directly contact the concerned department specialists over phone by informing the disease details and obtain advises from the doctors through the hospital landline number 0824-2888000.

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February 7,2020

Chamarajanagar, Feb 7: Health authorities in Karnataka have constituted a mobile team of doctors to monitor villages sharing a border with Kerala districts.

Strong vigil is being maintained by the health authorities in Karnataka after three confirmed cases of Coronavirus was detected in Kerala.

Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Wednesday had informed that three positive cases of Coronavirus were found in the state and other suspects were being monitored in isolation.

The virus originated in Wuhan in December and has since then spread to various parts around the world.

China has imposed quarantine and travel restrictions, affecting the movement of 56 million people in more than a dozen cities, amid fears that the transmission rate will accelerate. 

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April 4,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 4: The mother and grandmother of the 10-month-old baby boy, under treatment at a private hospital in Deralakatte here for COVID-19 infection, tested negative.

Doctors at the hospital said the condition of the infant, who was admitted with an acute respiratory infection, was stable and there had been a good response to the treatment being given in isolation.

The child, hailing from Sajipanadu Village in Bantwal Taluk was admitted to a hospital at Deralakatte in Mangaluru for treatment on March 23 as it had developed respiratory problems. 

On March 24, the child’s condition worsened and hence his throat swabs was sent for COVID-19 testing. On March 27, reports of the tests confirmed that the child was infected with COVID-19.

Health authorities are of the view that the baby might have contracted the disease when the family travelled recently to Kasaragod in Kerala, a district identified as a hotspot for Coronavirus.

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