23 people booked for helping quack escape in Kudligi
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Following a complaint by the Kudligi Tahsildar H.J. Rashmi, Kudligi police filed a case on Wednesday against 23 people from Ankanal village in Kudligi taluk of Ballari district on charges of assaulting and preventing government servants from discharging their duties.
Ms. Rashmi had, in her complaint, alleged that the people in question had prevented her and the other officials including Sandur Government Hospital doctor Chandrappa and Panchayat Development Officer Subramanya Malagi from nabbing a person, Jaffer, who was practising the medical profession without any valid qualification and licence and helped him escape on Tuesday.
Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra has ordered the temporary suspension of licence of Misquith Hospital in Surathkal on the charge that the hospital allowed Ayurvedic doctors administer allopathic trea
Health Department tells private hospitals not to demand RT-PCR negative certificate
The Karnataka Health Department has directed all private hospitals to ensure that non-COVID-19 patients, who do not have any symptoms of the virus, should not be compelled to provide negative RT-PCR results for getting admission in hospitals for non-COVID-19 care.
A COVID-19 test should be mandated only in case of any invasive procedure after admission. This direction has been issued following complaints that some hospitals are demanding COVID-19 negative certificates for admission of non-COVID-19 patients thereby causing delay in treatment, stated a circular issued on Friday.
Further, all COVID-19 testing laboratories and swab collection points have been directed to maintain separate queues for senior citizens and pregnant women. The laboratories should also ensure that physical distancing is maintained by marking on the floor and leaving alternate chairs vacant. Apart from compulsorily wearing ma
Svastha Hospital being sealed by officials in Ballari on Friday.
It was raided as it was said to be functioning in Ballari city without registration under KPME Act
A team of officers headed by District Health and Family Welfare Officer Janardhan raided and sealed a private multi-specialty hospital that was said to have been operating without registration under Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (KPME) Act, in Ballari on Friday.
As per information provided by sources in the Health Department, the team, which included Taluk Health and Family Welfare Officer Mohan Kumari and District RCH Officer Anil Kumar, carried out a surprise raid on the premises of Svastha Hospital situated at Sudha Cross in Ballari city and found that the hospital was operating illegally without obtaining necessary permissions. The team members visited the operation theatre, the intensive care unit, patient wards and other departments and took stock of the procedures being followed in offering medical