Malls, super-markets get busier with last-minute Eid shopping

November 6, 2011

Mangalore, November 6: Festivity is in the air and malls and markets across the city are busy with people rushing for Eid-ul-Adha shopping.

People are busy shopping for new clothes, sweets and gifts and looking forward to spending the Eid holiday with their families and friends and relatives.

The sales are on, and long queues of people rushing to finish their Eid shopping are a common sight in prominent malls and shops. With families stocking up on outfits and groceries malls and super markets have become a bustle of activity and colour.

"Shopping is usually last minute for us," said Musthaq, a resident of Moodbidri who rushed to Mangalore on the eve of fest to by news dress along with his sister Ashura.

"Every year we prefer go for shopping on the eve of the fest, even though we know the markets and malls will be very crowded”, he said.

A time to bond

For Barkathunnisa, a BDS student, who hails from Venur, a remote village in Dakshina Kannada, Eid is a time to bond with family and friends. "Due to busy work schedules, we do not get to spend much time together with friends," she said.

"As my earning and learning brothers and sisters will get holidays at the same time, all of us will be together.

"We will also be visiting our friends and relatives."

While most people are rushing to make their last-minute buys, Masood, a 31-year-old Mangalorean, has comfortably ticked off all the items on his shopping list.

"I prefer to prepare for Eid long before the process of shopping becomes hectic," he said.

"Every Eid, I like to get my five-year-old daughter pretty dresses, and even my three-year-old son wears kurtha on this special occasion”

"My wife and I also place orders with our respective tailors for new kurthans and salwar well before Eid to ensure that the outfits are ready on time," he said.

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Coronavirus claims Bantwal woman's life; Uppinangady woman tests positive

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April 19,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 19: The covid-19 being spread by the novel coronavirus has claimed a life in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada.

The victim, a 50-year-old woman from Bantwal taluk, breathed her last at Wenlock Hospital today morning.

She was rushed to a private hospital yesterday after she developed breathing problems. Then she was shifted to Wenlock Hospital's block for suspected coronavirus patients, and placed in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Her throat swab was collected the same day and sent for testing for coronavirus. However, today morning her condition worsened and she passed away.

The report was received on later on Sunday afternoon, which confirmed that she had contracted coronavirus.

The woman's family members including her husband, son and mother-in-law have been placed under quarantine. It is learnt that her mother-in-law's condition is serious and she has been admitted to the ICU.

The throat swabs of all the three family members have been sent for coronavirus test. According to sources, the woman's son had come from Dubai recently.

Meanwhile, a 30-year-old woman from Uppinangady, who is undergoing treatment in a hospital, today tested positive for the covid-19.

With the confirmation of two new cases, the total number of reported covid-19 cases in Dakshina Kannada reached 15. Out of which only two case are currently active and 12 have been discharged. Another one passed away.

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I am her son and I returned from Dubai on FEBRUARY 13, not March 16. What fake source are you referring to?

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First-of-its-kind mobile covid-19 lab dedicated to public in Karnataka's capital

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 5: Touted as a first of its kind in the nation, a mobile Covid-19 lab was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar.

The lab, approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) can do 9,000 RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) tests per month, an official press release said here. "This is a unique lab having all safety features and capable of producing 100% accurate results within four hours," Dr Sudhakar was quoted as saying in the press release.

The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) had developed the lab and handed it over to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS).

The mobile lab can also be used for molecular diagnostic-testing and can be deployed in coronavirus hot spots quickly, the release said adding, apart from Covid-19, the lab can be utilised for testing H1N1, HCV, TB, HPV and HIV among others.

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'Delay in seeking medical help one of the reasons for hike in covid death rate in DK'

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July 12,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 12: The Expert Committee set up by the District authorities to inquire into death due to Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada district declared that the death was due to patients late reporting to the hospitals and severe co-morbidities.

''Many were scared to visit the hospitals for treatment. Any patient suffering from fever, cold should stop self-medication and seek the advice of doctors. From what we have observed, the mortality was among patients who reported late to hospitals. Many had ignored symptoms assuming it to be a common cold,'' Expert Committee members Dr Hansraj Alva and Dr Muralidhar Yadiyal told mediapersons on Saturday night.

Wenlock Hospital Superintendent Dr Sadashiv said of the 38 deaths reported in the District, the expert committee had analysed 35 deaths. 9 persons who died are below 50 years old, 10 are in the age group of 50 to 60 years, 11 in the age group of 60 to 70 and five in the age group of above 70 years.

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