tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:07:09 +0000Keeping you upto date about the latest news related to Mysore Medical College.http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/news.htmnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)Blogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-1494093334859981389Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:02:00 +00002008-11-13T02:34:50.430+05:30In a totally different act, doctors of the city, most of the time feeling the pulse of patients and prescribing medicines for various maladies, captivated the minds of a houseful audience in Kalamandira here last evening by their melodies. In this year's edition of Geeth Gaatha Chal, which began in 2000, the doctors sang popular film hits from Kannada and Hindi movies of yesteryears.They chose tohttp://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/11/doctors-captivate-music-lovers-in-geeth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-9098394749980164877Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:05:00 +00002008-11-13T02:37:09.818+05:30Gone are the days of 'sick' ambulances, lack of drivers, shortage of diesel and the hospital's inability to rise to the occasion during emergencies. People in medical emergencies in any corner of the district need not bother about inefficient ambulance service in hospitals. The State Government has started a revolutionary ambulance service which was flagged off by former President of India Dr. http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/11/call-108-for-ambulance-within-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-5056916817196101378Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:43:00 +00002008-11-01T02:14:37.710+05:30Karnataka Pedicon-2008, a two-day conference of about 500 Paediatricians from all over the country, organised under the joint auspices of JSS Medical College, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) and Indian Academy of Paediatrics (Mysore District) will be held on Nov. 1 and 2 at the Platinum Jubilee Hall in J.K.Grounds here.Announcing this at a press meet yesterday at http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/10/paediatricians-meet-in-city-on-nov1-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-7355362115811912641Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:40:00 +00002008-11-01T02:12:37.395+05:30Three major hospitals in city have geared up to treat victims of cracker-burst during Diwali celebrations. The hospitals have drafted the services of teams of doctors to attend emergencies round-the-clock.K.R. Hospital Superintendent Dr. Geetha Avadhani said that the burns ward has all the necessary medicines and equipment to treat the victims. Dr. Avadhani said that necessary instructions have http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/10/city-hospitals-ready-to-treat-cracker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-2126399651992699272Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:17:00 +00002008-09-16T09:52:39.961+05:30One of the oldest government-run hospitals of the State, the Krishnarajendra Hospital, popularly known as K.R. Hospital or “Doddaspathre” — is going for quality certification from the International Standards Organisation (ISO). The century-old hospital, which is in news for all the wrong reasons, is seeking ISO 9001-2000 certification. The 1,000-bed hospital, which has 800 employees, is the firsthttp://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/09/kr-hospital-to-be-upgraded.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-5960056579916527498Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:56:00 +00002008-07-30T19:28:55.830+05:30The Medical Education Minister Ramachandregowda said that 950 more MBBS seats have been added this year. He was speaking after participating in the World Doctors' Day programme organised by Mukhyaprana Cultural Academy at Dr. Shivarathri Rajendra Bhavana in JSS Hospital premises, here on Friday. Out of the 950 additional seats, 725 would be filled through CET and the rest of the seats would be http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/07/24-doctors-treat-76-rural-population.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-4726234165137785827Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:52:00 +00002008-07-30T19:23:28.429+05:30The Red Ribbon Express, which is touring the country to create awareness against HIV/AIDS, arrived in the city today. The seven-bogey train which includes an exhibition about HIV/AIDS awareness was inaugurated by the CM's Parliamentary Secretary S.A. Ramdas at the city railway station. MLAs Tanveer Sait, H.S. Shankaralinge Gowda, MLC Siddaraju, KHB Chairman G.T.Devegowda, ZP President Latha http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/07/aids-awareness-train-arrives-in-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-3175464344065492891Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:49:00 +00002008-07-30T19:22:21.034+05:30The Rapid Action Force (RAF), which earns compliments from the public for swift operations during periods of crisis, attracted the attention of the public on Saturday, by cleaning up the premises of K.R. Hospital. These 100 RAF personnel who arrived in the city from Coimbatore on July 19, in order to carry out a survey on the social conditions in the district, have already conducted a survey in http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/07/raf-cleans-up-hospital-premises.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-864428389164036193Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:42:00 +00002008-07-30T19:18:39.755+05:30In a heart-rending incident, a patient was allegedly thrown to the forest by the staff of K.R. Hospital. It is stated that Shekar (23), a resident of Melukote in Mandya district, was admitted to K.R. Hospital for treatment due to illness. He was thrown out of the hospital by the staff thrice and was re-admitted following pressure from the Union Associations. But now, three staff allegedly took http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/07/k-r-hospital-staff-throws-patient-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-3815222047977678836Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:56:00 +00002008-07-23T00:27:35.328+05:30Dr. Geetha Bhat, Endocrinologist, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, will speak on 'Newer trends in the management of diabetes mellitus' in the scientific lecture programme organised by the Indian Medical Association, Mysore Branch, at IMA House on New Sayyaji Rao Road, on July 19 at 8 pm.http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/07/scientific-talk-on-diabetes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-4995134017233754244Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:56:00 +00002008-07-13T18:35:12.675+05:30The K.R. Hospital premises witnessed a high drama for some time this morning when the Traffic Police personnel began evicting vehicles parked in the parking lot and abandoned the operation midway. It all started with the Nalla-ppattana Traffic Police personnel rushing to the spot along with Tiger (a vehicle which transports seized vehicles to Police Stations) and began loading the two-wheelers, http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/07/eviction-of-illegally-parked-vehicles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-3174472233608184013Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:23:00 +00002008-06-28T04:53:58.689+05:30Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today underlined the need to create database of traditional medicinal plants for specific bio-activity and lead for development of new drugs. He was delivering a lecture after unveiling the foundation stone for the JSS Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital Building Complex at Suttur Mutt premises. New technologies as evidenced by human genome sequencing, http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/06/foundation-laid-for-jss-ayurveda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-2917808641615372137Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:21:00 +00002008-06-23T21:53:59.893+05:30Even as one has to face hardship to obtain genuine bills after receiving treatment in Government hospitals, an incident in which a KR Hospital doctor has issued a fake bill for Rs. 18,000 to a government employee, who was treated in a nursing home, has been reported. The doctor charged with issuing the duly signed fake bills has been identified as Dr. Ashok Gupta, serving in the Department of http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/06/kr-hospital-doctor-issues-fake-bill-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-5608952377302091301Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:25:00 +00002008-06-23T21:56:09.203+05:30In an inhuman act, a patient was abandoned in the K.R. Hospital Park yesterday. The person, aged about 25 years, who identified himself as Sekhar of Melkote, working in Mandya, said he was admitted to Srirangapatna General Hospital for treatment due to ill health. He was operated upon a number of times. Later, the hospital staff told him that he was being shifted to K.R. Hospital for further http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/06/patient-abandoned-in-kr-hospital-park.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-7908988889191934493Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:35:00 +00002008-03-22T23:06:14.756+05:30Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has decided to adopt K.R. Hospital in the city. This is the oldest hospital constructed by the Mysore kings to cater to the medical needs of the people especially the rural mass. The decision to adopt the hospital was taken at the budget meeting of MUDA yesterday. MLCs Marithibbe Gowda and K.T. Srikantegowda observed that only Rs. 25 lakh was provided http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/03/muda-to-adopt-kr-hospital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-3265083273882204745Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:05:00 +00002008-03-22T22:54:59.402+05:30Following the publication of the news item titled "Human values missing among doctors" (SOM dated Feb. 29), one of our readers Dr. (Lt. Col.) Y.N.I. Anand gives an account of the evolution of the current day doctor, old or young: Most of us who graduated nearly four decades ago entered the profession mainly because we wanted to serve the patients and mitigate their sufferings to some extent. We http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/03/doctors-yesterday-today-tomorrow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-4455818955696258545Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:27:00 +00002008-03-07T21:57:40.312+05:30Junior doctors working in the State-run hospitals affiliated to Bangalore Medical College here, who had called off their four-day-old strike on Sunday, did a volte-face and struck work again on Monday. Their colleagues in Hubli , Mysore and Bellary are likely to join them in support on Tuesday. Right now, they are displaying their solidarity with them by sporting black badges. The doctors had http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/03/doctors-resume-strike-more-may-join.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-5343841252587854372Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:28:00 +00002008-03-07T21:59:59.240+05:30 Reminiscences-Yaadein, an audio CD of Hindi film songs rendered by Dr. A.L. Hemalatha of K.R. Hospital was released by Dr. Vijayalakshmi Basavaraj, Director, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) at a function held at Veene Seshanna Bhavana here last evening. K.R. Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr. Geetha Avadhani, who was the guest of honour, lauded the melodious singing of Dr. http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/03/audio-cd-of-songs-by-dr-hemalatha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-7556976256841604633Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:25:00 +00002008-03-07T21:56:54.003+05:30Medical services at Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital was paralysed on Thursday as junior doctors traded stethoscopes and scalpel for placards and slogans by going on an indefinite strike Medical services at Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital was paralysed on Thursday as junior doctors traded stethoscopes and scalpel for placards and slogans by going on an indefinite strike. The strike is expected to http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/02/doctors-strike-paralyses-bowring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-118676529665574914Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:31:00 +00002008-02-15T23:03:51.513+05:30 Siddaiah, Secretary, Department of Medical Education, laid the foundation stone for the new block to house the section on treating the mentally ill at the K.R. Hospital here yesterday. The new building is being constructed on the vacant space behind the Eye Department's structure. The new facility for mentally ill out-patients is being created at a cost of Rs. 46.25 lakh under grants received http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/02/stone-laid-for-new-block-at-kr-hospital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-764188036009164702Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:34:00 +00002008-02-15T23:08:40.997+05:30 A massive drive against Polio was launched in the district this morning. Health and Family Welfare Commissioner B. Basavaraju inaugurated the immunisation drive at Nagamma Perumal Chettiyar Maternity Hospital in Nazarbad by administering polio drops to a child. District Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr. D. Mahadevaiah, Taluk Health Officer Dr. K.H. Prasad, Maternity Hospital Medical http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/02/pulse-polio-launched-door-to-door.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-5768376659085206967Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:28:00 +00002008-02-15T23:01:42.490+05:30 Deputy Commissioner P. Manivannan has informed that the second round of pulse polio programme will be held tomorrow and warned the Health Department officials that action will be taken against them in case they fail to achieve the target of 90%. He was speaking at a recent meeting organised in connection with the second round of pulse polio http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/02/pulse-polio-drive-dc-sets-target.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-4641584229125744779Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:29:00 +00002008-02-08T02:00:16.209+05:30The Karnataka State Orthopaedic Conference will be held for the first time in Kodagu from Feb. 8 to 10 at Crystal Hall, Madikeri. More than 500 Orthopaedic surgeons from the State and neighbouring States and also post-graduate students in Orthopaedics will participate. The faculty will include Orthopaedic surgeons and teachers of national and international repute from India and abroad. The http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/02/orthopaedic-meet-in-kodagu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-6533525708943469023Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:34:00 +00002008-03-22T22:07:27.707+05:30 Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes today advocated more attractive salaries to doctors in India. He said Indian doctors are migrating to US and other foreign countries as they get less salary and due to poor service conditions here. He was speaking after inaugurating the 3rd Karnataka Government ESI Medical Officers Association Conference (ESICON) at the Platinumhttp://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/01/oscar-wants-attractive-salary-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786958.post-6184905257561135324Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:15:00 +00002008-01-09T23:50:44.933+05:30 To prevent and eradicate the dreaded disease Polio, the Pulse Polio campaign in Mysore District began today at 9 am in 1580 centres. Out of them 300 centres are in Mysore city and the other 1280 are located at several places in the rural areas of the district. Deputy Commissioner N.S. Channappagowda inaugurated the campaign by administering Polio drops to a baby at the Primary Health Centre at http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/news/2008/01/massive-pulse-polio-drive-in-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysore)