Sirsi, June 11: C M Bhat, retired Director General of Police, and a native of Kangod village in Sirsi taluk died on Sunday.
He was ailing from some time and was hospitalized at Bangalore.
He served mostly in North India and was a recipient of the President's Gold Medal. He had also served as ASP in Central Reserve Police Force and as head of the Border Security Force.
His cremation was held at Kangod on Monday.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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.
Bengaluru, May 10: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday accused the state government of not preparing proper guidelines to bring back people who are stranded near the Karnataka-Maharashtra border areas.
"No proper guidelines have been given to officials to bring back people who are stranded near the Karnataka-Maharashtra border. From the last 45 days, many of these people have not got any relief nor are there any proper directions or guidelines from the state government," alleged Kumaraswamy.
He also accused the state government of cheating the people of Karnataka.
"Karnataka government is cheating people the same way it cheated with the flood compensation. The state government had announced lakhs of rupees as compensation to those who lost houses in the flood last year. But nobody has got the records or details as to how many people got benefited from it," he added.
Fifty-three more COVID-19 cases were reported in Karnataka on Sunday, the state government said.
The total number of cases in the state is at 847, including 405 discharged and 31 deaths so far, the bulletin said.
Bengaluru, Feb 28: Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Friday said that Section 144 will be imposed near Vidhana Soudha for Budget session starting from March 2.
"Section 144 of the CrPC (prohibits assembly of more than 4 people in an area) will be imposed in the area around Vidhana Soudha from March 2 to March 31 ahead of the Budget session,"Bhaskar Rao said.
The police said that they have intelligence inputs of protests near Vidhana Soudha.
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