The DC also urged hospitals against admitting patients in a critical condition if they did not have the facilities to treat them.
MYSURU: Warning the management of private hospitals against being negligent in treating patients admitted to their respective institutions with Covid-19, Mysuru deputy commissioner Rohini Sindhuri on Monday said, “Should it be found that a Covid-19 patient succumbs to the infection due to negligence of the hospital authorities, stern action will be initiated against the institution.”
The DC’s warning to the private hospitals comes on a day when the district reported 362 new Covid-19 cases, in addition to three people succumbing to the infection. On the bright side, 303 people who recovered from the infection were discharged. The total number of fatalities owing to Covid-19 in Mysuru district now stands at 1,086.
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MYSURU: The intensive care units (ICUs) of private hospitals in the city are filling up quickly as Covid-19 cases surge. Many ICUs have reached full capacity in the past few days, and experts fear systems may get overwhelmed if coronavirus infections continue to climb at this rate.
“Our ICU beds are full. A month ago, we had two Covid-19 patients in our hospital. Right now, we have 20,” said Dr Upendra Shenoy, chief of medical services at Columbia Asia Hospital. He urged people aged over 45 to get vaccinated.
Ninety per cent of the Covid-19 patients at the hospital are those who didn’t take the jabs. According to Dr Shenoy, people in the 15-45 age group are getting infected in large numbers, so citizens should strictly follow precautions.
ST Somashekar
MYSURU: Much to the relief of the tourism sector, district minister ST Somashekar on Monday said the administration will not impose a blanket ban on tourists in Mysuru district but will only impose some restrictions.
In the wake of the Kodagu district administration imposing a blanket ban on tourists and the rise in cases across the state, stakeholders in Mysuru were worried a similar decision would be imposed. On Sunday, fresh cases touched 200 the first in two months. However, Somashekar, who reviewed the pandemic situation during a meeting with officials including the district deputy commissioner, police commissioner and superintendent of police, said tourist spots in Mysuru will remain open.
The revised government order says the equipment at gyms shall be sanitised after every use.
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Sunday relaxed norms for gym operators allowing them to function with 50% occupancy, only two days after all gyms were ordered closed in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases. A number of representations were received by the chief minister to relax the restriction with certain conditions. It is now decided that gyms will be allowed to remain open with the condition that the occupancy at any time cannot exceed 50% of the capacity, the Sunday order issued by chief secretary P Ravi Kumar reads.