Second hovercraft glides into Mangalore

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October 6, 2014

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Mangalore, Oct 6: The second of two hovercrafts sanctioned Indian Coast Guard along Karnataka coast arrived in Mangalore on Monday, exactly a fortnight after the induction of the State's first hovercraft.

Hovercraft H-198 the third series of Air Cushion vehicle, built in the United Kingdom, arrived on Monday at Panambur Beach, near the ICG, Karnataka Headquarters where it will be permanently based.

The 21-metre long vehicle will float over the seas on a cushion of air created by two propellers, reaching a maximum speed of 45 knots. The hovercraft is commanded by Commandant Amitabh Banerjee and is armed with heavy machine guns and state-of-the-art communication and navigation equipment including radar and worldwide satellite communication.

The H-198 joined the Hovercraft H-196 which arrived on September 22, and the two became the Coast Guard's fastest vehicles, allowing them to effectively keep an eye on the 320-km Karnataka coastline.

The hovercrafts are equipped to undertake multifarious tasks such as surveillance, interdiction, search and rescue and rendering assistance to small boats at sea. The amphibious craft can operate on land as well as over sea, and will be especially useful in shallow seas, marshy land and isolated islands which cannot be accessed by conventional boats.

Each craft will have a 12-member crew who have obtained specialised training in London.

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May 23,2020

Mangaluru, May 23: Two more persons tested positive for covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada today taking the district's tally to 65.

One among them is a 30-year-old man who had returned from Maharashtra and was under quarantine. He underwent test at a private lab and was tested positive.

The other one is a 41-year-old woman who is a resident of Shirlalu in Beltangady and had symptoms of influenza-like illness. 

She was urged by residents in the surroundings of her house to go for a test. She was shifted to Wenlock COVID hospital in the morning on Saturday.

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May 5,2020

Bengaluru, May 5: A 62-year-old woman from Vijayapura succumbed to coronavirus infection on Tuesday, taking the COVID-19 death toll in Karnataka to 28, a health official said.

The state has registered eight more COVID-19 cases in the past 19 hours, increasing the count of such cases to 659, the official added.

"Positive case 640, 62-year-old female resident of Vijayapura died on Tuesday due to cardiac arrest," the health official said.

Admitted to a designated hospital''s ICU on Sunday, the woman was also suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchial Asthma (BA) and complained of breathlessness.

Among the eight fresh cases that emerged in the state, four were contacts of earlier cases, two with Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and one with travel history to Uttarakhand.

The health department is also tracing the contact history of a 30-year-old woman from Bengaluru Urban.

Incidentally, no new cases emerged from Davangere as 22 cases rocked the district on Monday.

Among the new cases, Bengaluru Urban contributed 3, followed by Bagalkote, 2, Ballari, Dakshina Kannada and Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada, 1 each.

Of the new cases, six are men and two women.

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April 29,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 29: Kasaragod's General Hospital on Tuesday discharged the last of its 89 COVID-19 patients, who were admitted since the outbreak of the disease last month.

The patient discharged on Tuesday is a native of Anankur in Kerala. He was under treatment for 27 days following his return from Dubai. He was given a warm send-off at 12 noon by the doctors and hospital staff.

Of the 175 positive cases in Kasaragod district, only 12 are under treatment in other hospitals in the district now. Of them, seven had come from the Gulf and the remaining five were those in contact with them.

During a press meet, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, while referring the Kasaragod General Hospital's success story, congratulated the doctors, nurses and medical staff for the achievement.

According to Health Department, in spite of treating the highest number of COVID-19 patients in the state with meagre infrastructural facilities and even without the support of a medical college in the district, there have been no deaths.

According to the district administration, Kasaragod has conducted 4,112 tests so far, out of which 3,104 tested negative and the results of 833 are awaited.

The team of doctors, nurses and other staff numbering 250 is led by Dr Rajaram K Kandiyil, Superintendent of the Kasaragod General Hospital.

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