The state-run Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences is facing staff shortage, so family members of Covid patients have doubled up as attendants, even sleeping in the Covid ward.
Chief Minister Yediyurappa said his government was announcing the package despite the state facing financial constraints, and is standing by the people during this difficult time.
Hassan, less than 200 km from swish Bengaluru, is among the country’s 15 worst-affected districts, according to an SBI study. It is the only district from Karnataka on the list.
Karnataka HC-appointed panel notes that by 2 May hospital's supply of oxygen 'was completely exhausted' — the day 24 of the 36 deaths occurred. Report submitted to HC last week.
The state disaster management said rainfall was accompanied by strong winds, reaching up to 90 km/per along and off the Karnataka coast, which has affected 73 villages.
The Karnataka chief minister said 503 people were in hospitals despite the advice of doctors for their discharge and were depriving serious patients of getting treatment.
Taking a micro approach, Karnataka govt orders Bengaluru civic agency to set up Ward Decentralised Triage & Emergency Response panels for a decentralised Covid handling.
BJP's Tejasvi Surya sparked a row earlier this week when he singled out 17 Muslim staff members at a Bengaluru Covid war room and alleged they were running a bed-blocking scam.
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